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Adjective [英語]

IPA: /ˈmɛlənkəli/, /ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/ Audio: En-us-melancholy.ogg Forms: more melancholy [comparative], most melancholy [superlative]
Etymology: 繼承自中古英語 malencolie,來自古法語 melancolie,來自古希臘語 μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”),來自μέλας (mélas)、μελαν- (melan-, “黑色,黑暗,陰暗”) + χολή (kholḗ, “膽汁”)。對照拉丁語 ātra bīlis (“黑膽汁”)。形容詞用法是中古英語的創新,可能受到後綴-y、-ly的影響。
  1. 憂鬱的,悲哀的 Tags: literary
    Sense id: zh-melancholy-en-adj-cZd99fuj Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞, 有引文的英語詞, 英語引文翻譯請求, 英語書面用語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melancholly, melancholie, melancholious Synonyms (憂鬱): melancholic, Thesaurus:sad Related terms: melancholic, sadness, melancholia

Noun [英語]

IPA: /ˈmɛlənkəli/, /ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/ Audio: En-us-melancholy.ogg Forms: melancholies [plural]
Etymology: 繼承自中古英語 malencolie,來自古法語 melancolie,來自古希臘語 μελαγχολία (melankholía, “atrabiliousness”),來自μέλας (mélas)、μελαν- (melan-, “黑色,黑暗,陰暗”) + χολή (kholḗ, “膽汁”)。對照拉丁語 ātra bīlis (“黑膽汁”)。形容詞用法是中古英語的創新,可能受到後綴-y、-ly的影響。
  1. 黑膽汁 Tags: historical
    Sense id: zh-melancholy-en-noun-~32kwHQN Categories (other): 有歷史詞義的英語詞
  2. 憂鬱,悲哀
    Sense id: zh-melancholy-en-noun-kcmjJvRA Categories (other): 有引文的英語詞, 英語引文翻譯請求
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: melancholly, melancholie, melancholious Derived forms: melancholy thistle, solemncholy Related terms: melancholic, sadness, melancholia

Inflected forms

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  "word": "melancholy"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the zhwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-20 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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