dismal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dreary swamp in eastern North Carolina or Virginia in the United States. US,dated,possibly
    — .[…] the proprietors of all the great unimproved tracts of Swamp lands will form themselves into Drainage Companies, by which method alone can we ever hope to witness the complete reclamation of the dismals of the seaboard. No reasonable doubt can be entertained that the clearing and draining of the lands will produce their usual effects in ameliorating the climate and that the tidal portions of No. Caro- lina may thus[…]
形容词 adj.
  1. Disastrous, calamitous.
  2. Disappointingly inadequate.
    — He received a dismal compensation.
  3. Causing despair; gloomy and bleak.
    — The storm made for a dismal weekend
  4. Depressing, dreary, cheerless.
    — She was lost in dismal thoughts of despair

词形变化

more dismal comparative most dismal superlative dismals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
dismal Dora dismalise dismality dismalize dismal Jimmy dismally dismalness dismal science Dismal Swamp Great Dismal Swamp undismal

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), from Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”).
词源 2
From Middle English dismal, dismale, from Anglo-Norman dismal, from Old French (li) dis mals (“(the) bad days”), from Medieval Latin diēs malī (“bad days”).
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