| 单词 | depression |
| 释义 | depression n. 1. a Psychol. a state of extreme dejection or morbidly excessive melancholy; a mood of hopelessness and feelings of inadequacy, often with physical symptoms. b a reduction in vitality, vigour, or spirits. 2. a a long period of financial and industrial decline; a slump. b (the Depression) the depression of 1929-34. 3. Meteorol. a lowering of atmospheric pressure, esp. the centre of a region of minimum pressure or the system of winds round it. 4. a sunken place or hollow on a surface. 5. a a lowering or sinking (often foll. by of : depression of freezing-point). b pressing down. 6. Astron. & Geog. the angular distance of an object below the horizon or a horizontal plane. Etymology: ME f. OF or L depressio (as DE-, premere press- press) |
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