1590s, originally Scottish, "a sullen look," probably from gloom (v.) "look sullen or displeased" (late 14c., gloumen), of unknown origin; perhaps from an unrecorded Old English verb or from a Scandinavian source (compare Norwegian dialectal glome "to stare somberly"), or from Middle Low German glum "turbid," Dutch gluren "to leer." Not considered to be related to Old English glom "twilight" (see gloaming).
Sense of "darkness, obscurity" is first recorded 1629 in Milton's poetry; that of "melancholy, dejection, cloudiness or cheerless heaviness of mind" is from 1744; but gloomy with a corresponding sense is attested from 1580s.
雙語例句
1. Ellery's return will help to chase away some of the gloom.
埃勒里的歸來可以驅散一些抑郁的情緒。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
20世紀80年代初期的經濟蕭條氣氛因各種奇異古怪建筑的出現而有所緩解。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The gloom deepened after a thumping ￡45m loss at British Rail.
英國鐵路公司遭受了4,500萬英鎊的巨額損失后境況更加慘淡。
來自柯林斯例句
4. "I wish I did," said Phil Jordan, relapsing into his usual gloom.
“我要是那樣做了就好了，”菲爾·喬丹說道，又像往常一樣消沉起來。
來自柯林斯例句
5. The pound's weakness compounded the widespread gloom in the City.