| 释义 |
doom /doom/ noun- Destiny, fate
- Ruin
- Catastrophe
- Death
- Judgement or condemnation
- Final judgement
- A picture of the Last Judgement
transitive verb (doomˈing; doomed)- To condemn to destiny or catastrophe
- To pronounce judgement on
- To sentence
ORIGIN: OE dōm judgement doomed adjective - Under sentence
- Fated
- Destined to inevitable death, failure or ruin
doomˈful adjective (Spenser, etc) Dispensing judgement dooms adverb (Scot) Very, exceedingly doomˈster noun - A judge (archaic)
- A dempster
- A pessimist (informal)
- A doomwatcher (informal)
doomˈy adjective (informal) - Pessimistic
- Depressed
- Depressing
doomˈ-laden adjective Forecasting or redolent of disaster doomˈ-merchant noun (informal) - A pessimist
- Someone continually expecting, and forecasting, disaster
doomˈsayer noun doomˈsaying noun doomsˈday noun - The day of doom, the last judgement
- A day of reckoning
Doomsday book see Domesday book doomsday clock noun A notional clock indicating the imminence of catastrophe in terms of minutes left before midnight doomsˈman noun (archaic) - Someone who pronounces doom or sentence, a judge
- A pessimist (informal)
doomˈwatch noun - Pessimism about the contemporary situation and about the future, esp of the environment
- Observation of the environment to prevent its destruction by pollution, over-population, etc
- A generally pessimistic view of the future
intransitive verb To make pessimistic observations doomˈwatcher noun doomˈwatching noun crack of doom The last trump till doomsday Forever |