- When you're sombre — or somber — you're acting glum, depressed, or sad. Being sombre is the opposite of being perky or happy.
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- adj. 阴沉的；忧郁的；昏暗的
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1. It sounded like someone relentlessly playing the kazoo during one of the more sombre passages of a War Requiem.
这成分听起来如同在一曲忧郁的安魂颂中，有人残酷无情地吹卡祖笛玩。
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2. Her own dress was of the coarsest materials and the most sombre hue; with only that one ornament- the scarlet letter- which it was her doom to wear.
她自己的衣裙用的是最祖糙的料子和最晦暗的颜色，上面只有一件饰物，就是那红字——那是她注定非戴不可的。
sombre ( BrE) ( US som·ber ) / ˈsɒmbə(r) ; NAmE ˈsɑːmbər / adjective 1 dark in colour; dull 昏暗的；阴沉的；暗淡的 SYN drab ◆ dressed in sombre shades of grey and black 穿着灰色和黑色的暗色调衣服 2 sad and serious 阴郁的；沮丧的 SYN melancholy ◆ Paul was in a sombre mood. 保罗当时心情忧郁。 ◆ The year ended on a sombre note. 那一年在沉闷的气氛中结束了。 ▶ sombre·ly / ; NAmE / ( BrE) ( US som·berly ) adverb sombre·ness / ; NAmE / ( BrE) ( US som·berness ) noun [uncountable ] sombre / ˈsɒmbə(r) ; NAmE ˈsɑːmbər / sombre·ly / ; NAmE / sombre·ness / ; NAmE /
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