| 单词 | english melancholy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEnglish melancholy English melancholy n. now historical depression or moroseness regarded as typical of English people; cf. spleen n. 8c. ΚΠ 1772 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley Tour to London I. 181 (heading) The English Melancholy. Its causes, effects, and remedies. 1805 Blagdon's Flowers of Lit. 156 Some physicians have attempted to account for English melancholy from the quantities consumed of animal food. 1937 Mod. Philol. 34 371 Montesquieu had commented on the connection between the climate and English melancholy. 1982 Brit. Jrnl. Sociol. 33 260 Cheyne fell into a deep depression, being diagnosed as suffering from ‘English melancholy’, and found great difficulty in walking. < as lemmas |
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