| 释义 |
sighful, a. rare.|ˈsaɪfʊl|
[f. sigh n. + -ful.]
Sorrowful; sad.
1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. i. Tropheis 1285 In a cave hard by he roareth out A sigh-full Song. a1618― Hymn of Alms 276 A sighfull Air (though Soule-less) to respire. 1893F. Thompson Poems 53 The dank thoughts that shiver Upon the sighful branches of my mind.
Hence ˈsighfully adv. rare.
1900Academy 27 Oct. 375/2 Cromwell..‘sought the Lord’..sighfully and tearfully, beating his breast. 1905W. J. Locke Morals Marcus Ordeyne x. 213 My aunt sighfully acquiesced, and for a while we discussed the depravity of human nature. 1925T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. (1926) II. iii. xxv. 321 And here he wearily and sighfully drew forth his large white handkerchief once more. |