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词组 gloom
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gloom /ɡluːm/ noun 1. a feeling of great sadness and lack of hopephrasesbe filled with gloom She was filled with gloom when she heard the news.be sunk/shrouded in gloom (=feel very sad and hopeless) The boy was sunk in gloom and would not speak.cast (a) gloom over sth (=make people feel sad) Her father’s illness cast a gloom over the holidays.add to the gloom (=make people feel more sad) To add to the gloom, the team’s best player is injured.doom and gloom (=when there seems no hope) The economic situation is not all doom and gloom – some industries are doing very well.an atmosphere of gloom They laughed, and the atmosphere of gloom lightened a little.a sense of gloom He had a sense of gloom about the test.verbsgloom descends (=people start to feel sad) Gloom descended on the crowd when the news was announced.gloom deepens (=people feel more sad) The party’s gloom deepened as the election results came in.gloom lifts (=people stop feeling sad) Germany’s gloom lifted when Stallkamp scored a goal.dispel/lift the gloom (=make people feel less sad) Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.adjectiveseconomic gloom It was a year of economic gloom for the car industry.deep gloom There was deep gloom about the future.deepening gloom (=becoming worse) There is deepening gloom over the country’s economic prospects.the general gloom (=when many people feel there is not much hope) Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs.prepositionsgloom about/over/at sth There is deepening gloom over the lack of progress in the peace negotiations.2. almost complete darkness – used especially in literaturephrasessb’s eyes become accustomed to the gloom (=they start to be able to see in the darkness) My eyes gradually became accustomed to the gloom.be shrouded in gloom The ballroom was empty and shrouded in gloom.peer into the gloom “Who’s that?” the old woman asked, peering into the gloom.adjectivesdeep gloom They wandered through the deep gloom of the forest.deepening/gathering gloom (=becoming darker) We drove through the deepening gloom.damp/cold gloom The two men stood in the chilly damp gloom.prepositionsin the gloom All she could see in the gloom was the high wall of a building.through the gloom Through the gloom, he could just make out the figure of a man.into/out of the gloom I stared into the gloom. | Out of the gloom, a car appeared.
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