sombre

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɒmbə/    美 /ˈsɑmbɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Gloom; obscurity; duskiness. Canada,UK,obsolete,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To make sombre or dark; to make shady. Canada,UK
形容词 adj.
  1. Dark; gloomy; shadowy, dimly lit. Canada,UK
    — The lady led him into a sombre hallway and disappeared. A moment later the windowless chamber was illuminated by the entry of a heavenly creature emitting a radiance prone to pierce the heart of any youth exposed to it.
  2. Dull or dark in colour or brightness. Canada,UK
    — His tall and slender figure, dressed in sombre black, his hair of that peculiar reddish auburn so rarely seen, his flashing black eyes, in which a fitful fire seemed for ever burning; all combined to give something almost of a demoniac air ...
  3. Melancholic, gloomy, dreary, dismal; grim. Canada,UK
    — The dinner was silent and sombre; happily it was also short.
  4. Grave; extremely serious. Canada,UK
    — a sombre situation

词形变化

sombrer comparative sombrest superlative somber alternative,US somber alternative,US somber alternative,US sombres present,singular,third-person sombring participle,present sombred participle,past sombred past somber alternative,US

词汇关系

衍生词
sombrely sombreness sombre rock chat sombresome sombre tit somber tit sombrish unsombre

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”).
词源 2
Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”).
词源 3
Borrowed from French sombre (“dark”), from Old French sombre, from a verb *sombrer or Latin sub- + umbra. Compare Spanish sombra (“shade; dark part of a picture; ghost”).
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