gloom

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gloom /ɡluːm/ ●○○ noun [singular, uncountable]  1  literaryDARK almost complete darkness 昏暗；幽暗 He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom. 他在渐深的暮色中眺望远方。2  SAD/UNHAPPYa feeling of great sadness and lack of hope 忧郁，绝望 a time of high unemployment and economic gloom 失业率高、经济惨淡的一段时间 → doom and gloom at doom2n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a feeling of great sadness and lack of hopeverbsbe filled with gloomShe was filled with gloom as she looked around the place.be sunk in gloom (=feel very sad and hopeless)She made several attempts at conversation but the boy was sunk in gloom.cast (a) gloom over something (=make people feel sad)His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.dispel/lift the gloom (=make people feel less sad)Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.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.phrasesdoom and gloom (=when there seems no hope)The picture is not all doom and gloom - some tourist areas are still drawing in the crowds.adjectiveseconomic gloomIt was a year of economic gloom for the car industry.deep gloomThere was deep gloom about the future.a general gloom (=when many people feel there is not much hope)Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs.

Examples from the Corpus

gloom• She moved out of the sunlight that flooded in between the nettles and into the dank gloom of the main tunnel.• He couldn't read in the dim gloom of the warehouse.• There was a sense of gloom in the city after the team's loss.• The same sense of gloom and oppression.• Once, at lunch, Margarett complained about the gloom of her bedroom.• The bumblebees are still foraging from the chokecherry blossoms in the gloom.• A long-tailed, hawk-like bird emerged from the trees, dusky shape in the gloom.• Then the pines closed ranks again, their tall red trunks glowing softly in the gloom of the afternoon.• As my eyes accustomed to the gloom they began to make out details close by.

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complete almost Corpus darkness

gloom
gloom /ɡluːm/ noun [singular, uncountable]
1. literary almost complete darkness:
    He peered into the gathering (=increasing) gloom.
2. a feeling of great sadness and lack of hope:
    a time of high unemployment and economic gloom
⇨ doom and gloom at doom²
     

COLLOCATIONS

(for Meaning 2)

■ verbs
   ▪ be filled with gloom She was filled with gloom as she looked around the place.
   ▪ be sunk in gloom (=feel very sad and hopeless) She made several attempts at conversation but the boy was sunk in gloom.
   ▪ cast (a) gloom over something (=make people feel sad) His ill health had cast a gloom over the Christmas holidays.
   ▪ dispel/lift the gloom (=make people feel less sad) Now for some good news to dispel the gloom.
   ▪ 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.
■ phrases
   ▪ doom and gloom (=when there seems no hope) The picture is not all doom and gloom - some tourist areas are still drawing in the crowds.
■ adjectives
   ▪ economic gloom It was a year of economic gloom for the car industry.
   ▪ deep gloom There was deep gloom about the future.
   ▪ a general gloom (=when many people feel there is not much hope) Amid the general gloom, there are some positive signs.

gloomBrE /ɡluːm/ 🔊NAmE /ɡluːm/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, singular] a feeling of being sad and without hope 忧郁；愁闷；无望 SYN depression ◆The gloom deepened as the election results came in. 选举结果陆续传来，失落的情绪越来越重。🔊🔊 [uncountable] (literary) almost total darkness 幽暗；黑暗；昏暗◆We watched the boats come back in the gathering gloom. 我们注视着船只在越来越浓的暮色中返航。🔊🔊●ˌdoom and ˈgloom●ˌgloom and ˈdooma general feeling of having lost all hope, and of pessimism (= expecting things to go badly) 悲观失望；无望；前景暗淡◆Despite the obvious setbacks, it is not all doom and gloom for the England team. 尽管明显受挫，但对英格兰队来说绝非胜利无望。🔊🔊

compass, globe, GPS, grid, key, latitude, map, navigate, reference, scale

●pile on the ˈagony/ˈgloom(informal, especially BrE) to make an unpleasant situation worse 使雪上加霜；伤口上撒盐◆Bosses piled on the agony with threats of more job losses. 老板威胁要削减更多的职位，令情况更加恶化。🔊🔊