Word · Frequency #23935
dolefulest
悲伤的；忧郁的；阴沉的
dolefulest is the superlative of doleful.
filled with or evoking sadness
- 1.
Filled with grief, mournful, bringing feelings of sadness.
悲伤的；忧郁的；令人悲哀的
- 2.
filled with or evoking sadness
充满或引发悲伤的
悲伤的；忧郁的；令人悲哀的；充满或引发悲伤的；悲哀的；忧郁的；阴沉的
In use
The dog gave a doleful whine when its owner left the house.
She looked at the old photograph with a doleful expression.
His doleful song made everyone in the room feel sad.
the child's doleful expression
doleful + noun
doleful 放在名词前作定语，修饰能引起悲伤感受的事物（如歌曲、表情、声音）。
He sang a doleful song about lost love.
他唱了一首关于逝去爱情的悲伤歌曲。
be/look/sound/feel + doleful
doleful 也可放在系动词后作表语，说明主语悲伤的状态或样子。
Why do you look so doleful today?
你今天为什么看起来这么悲伤？
Common mistakes
Connections
Collocations
- a doleful expression
- 悲伤的表情
- She wore a doleful expression when she heard the news.她听到这个消息时露出悲伤的表情。
- doleful eyes
- 忧郁的眼神
- The dog looked up at me with doleful eyes.那只狗用忧郁的眼神抬头看着我。
- a doleful song
- 哀伤的歌曲
- He sang a doleful song about lost love.他唱了一首关于失去爱情的哀伤歌曲。
- a doleful tone
- 悲伤的语气
- Her voice had a doleful tone as she spoke of the past.她谈起往事时，声音带着悲伤的语气。
- a doleful cry
- 哀嚎声
- A doleful cry came from the empty house at night.夜里，空屋里传来一声哀嚎。
- a doleful sight
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 doleful 像 'hole full'：心里像填满悲伤的洞，所以悲哀、忧郁、阴沉。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学描写、正式书面语、诗歌、演讲 doleful 通常用于正式或文学性语境，表示悲哀、忧郁或阴沉；在口语中较少见，有时带有一点夸张或幽默的意味。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhyme: soulful /ˈsoʊlfəl/ rhymes with doleful /ˈdoʊlfəl/. Words like helpful, careful, and hopeful share the -ful spelling but have different stressed vowels, so they do not rhyme. Beware lookalikes doll /dɑːl/ and dull /dʌl/, whose vowel sounds differ from the /oʊl/ in doleful.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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