| 单词 | dark-humoured |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdark-humoured d. Forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a sombre, gloomy, or macabre ——’, by combining with a past participle, as in dark-humoured, dark-minded, dark-tempered, etc.See also dark-hearted adj. 1a. ΚΠ a1635 R. Sibbes Riches Mercie (1638) ii. 131 Might he not have suffred a furious, bloody darke spirited, divellish spirited enemy to have invaded us? 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 618 Dark-minded man! 1831 N.-Y. Mirror 3 Sept. 68/1 Do not look upon me, reader fair, as a dark-dispositioned intruder; mine is not a curdled spirit. 1874 Mission Life 5 110 Dark-natured, hard and cold, he cannot change. 1984 Orange Coast Nov. 140/2 A former critical favorite, the dark-humored director now seems hell-bent on antagonizing viewers. 1996 Independent (Nexis) 28 Oct. 10 The ‘mean’ Bob Dole of failed campaigns past is re-emerging, sharp-tongued and dark-tempered, less statesman than hatchetman. < as lemmas |
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