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crestfallen

英 ['krestfɔːl(ə)n] 美 ['krɛstfɔlən]

解释

adj. 垂头丧气的，气馁的

※ 提供单词"crestfallen"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

crestfallen 垂头丧气的

来自crest和fallen的组合词。

英文词源

crestfallen (adj.): 1580s, past participle adjective, but the verb crestfall is recorded only from 1610s, in reference to diseased horses, and is rare. It's possible that the image behind this use of the word is not cocks, as often is asserted, but horses.

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例句和用法

1. He gathered himself up and sneaked off, crushed and crestfallen.: 他爬起来,偷偷地溜了,一副垂头丧气、被斗败的样子.

2. The youth looked exceedingly crestfallen.: 那青年看上去垂头丧气极了.

3. The individual to whom the manager had been talking went away quite crestfallen.: 和经理谈话的那人垂头丧气地走了.

4. Look at that crestfallen child, I very for his distress.: 看着那没精打采的孩子, 我很为他悲哀.

5. Poor Passepartout, quite crestfallen, followed his master without a word.: 这倒霉的小伙子, 光着脚, 狼狈不堪地跟主人上了车,连一句话也没说.