down in the mouth

英 [daʊn ɪn ðə maʊθ]

美 [daʊn ɪn ðə maʊθ]

网络  沮丧; 垂头丧气

英英释义

adj

• filled with melancholy and despondency
  1. gloomy at the thought of what he had to face
  2. gloomy predictions
  3. a gloomy silence
  4. took a grim view of the economy
  5. the darkening mood
  6. lonely and blue in a strange city
  7. depressed by the loss of his job
  8. a dispirited and resigned expression on her face
  9. downcast after his defeat
  10. feeling discouraged and downhearted
  Synonym:gloomygrimbluedepresseddispiriteddown(p)downcastdownheartedlowlow-spirited

双语例句

• Because he looks down in the mouth.
  因为他总是往嘴里看。
• He sat down again in front of the visitor but this time he held the visitor's hat in his mouth.
  的中文意思是：他再次坐在来访者面前，但是这次他把来访者的帽子放进了自己的嘴里。
• I'm a bit down in the mouth today.
  我今天有点闷闷不乐的。
• But the frog when he had received this promise, put his head into the water and sank down; and in a short while came swimming up again with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the grass.
  过了一会儿，青蛙嘴里衔着金球，浮出了水面，把金球吐在草地上。
• Paul looks down in the mouth because she failed in the attempt.
  保罗因为尝试失败看起来很沮丧。
• When down in the mouth, remember Jonah: he came out all right.
  垂头丧气的时候，就想起约拿吧――他还是平平安安地跑出来了。
• He looked very down in the mouth.
  他好象闷闷不乐的样子。
• What's the matter with you? You look very down in the mouth.
  你出什么事了？这么垂头丧气的？
• Ah Hsiang squeezed through from behind the forewomen, looking very down in the mouth.
  管车班的后面挤上了阿祥来，神气非常颓丧。
• Why is Jane down in the mouth? She seems happy all the morning.
  简为什么那么垂头丧气？今天一上午她都很高兴嘛。