dolorous
英 ['dɒl(ə)rəs]
美 ['dolərəs]
語源
悲しい。ラテン語のdolor「悲しい」から。語源的にはcondole「悲しい」と同じ。
英語の語源
- dolorous (adj.)
- c. 1400, "causing pain," from Old French doloros (12c., Modern French douloureux) "painful, sorrowful, wretched," from Late Latin dolorosus "painful, sorrowful," from Latin dolor "pain, grief." Sense of "causing grief" is from mid-15c.; that of "full of sorrow" is from 1510s. Related: Dolorously; dolorousness.
例文
- 1. Now and again the hunter can hear a long-draw dolorous whine of some unseen coyote.
- ハンターは時々、見えない小林狼の長い悲鳴を聞くことができる。
- 2.With a broken-hearted smile,he lifted a pair of dolorous eyes.
- 悲しい笑みを浮かべて、彼は苦痛な目を上げた。
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