crestfallen
crestfallen 英 [ˈkrestfɔ:lən] 美 [ˈkrɛstˌfɔlən]
adj. 垂头丧气的，气馁的
- If you are crestfallen, you are dark, depressed, and down in the dumps. You are in need of a pep talk, or at least a hug.
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- adj. 垂头丧气的，气馁的
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1. Hamilton looks crestfallen.
汉密尔顿看起来垂头丧气。
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2. My friend’s nine-year-old son came home crestfallen from Sunday school one day.
一天，我朋友九岁的儿子垂头丧气的从主日学校回到家中。
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3. A crestfallen Prince William, who spent the last three days in a hectic round of meetings with Fifa delegates, said: ‘Well, obviously we’re extremely disappointed and so is the team.
垂头丧气的威廉王子在之前的三天里都在忙着与国际足联代表们开会，他说：“恩，我们当然感到非常失望，球队也是如此。
- crestfallen (adj.) "dejected, dispirited," 1580s, creast falne, it has the form of a 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 having the crest fallen, as a defeated cock does, but horses. Crest-risen "proud, lusty" is from 1610s.
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