maudlin

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++maud·lin /ˈmɔːdlɪn $ ˈmɒː-/ adjective  1  EMOTIONALtalking or behaving in a sad, silly, and emotional way, especially when drunk （尤因醉酒〕言谈[举止]伤感可笑的get/grow/become maudlin Sir Ralph was becoming maudlin after his third glass of claret. 喝了第三杯红酒，拉尔夫爵士就醉了，言谈十分可笑。2  a maudlin song, story, film etc tries too hard to make people feel emotions such as love or sadness and seems silly 〔歌曲、故事、电影等〕煽情过度的 a song that is tender without being maudlin 一首温柔但不肉麻的歌

Examples from the Corpus

maudlin• Nearing Birmingham, Crilly grows maudlin.• No plea for contributions was too maudlin.• Then she drinks too much and gets maudlin about this ex-boyfriend.• I became maudlin, drinking more rich claret than my chaplain would like to imagine.• And he does this without being maudlin or self-pitying.• His mood was an explosive mixture of maudlin self-pity and forced gaiety, the latter predominating as he got drunker.• The anger had turned to resentment, and now the resentment was replaced by maudlin self-pity.• There are the quiet, maudlin times: injured parties, slighted lovers, Chet Baker playing to serenade them.get/grow/become maudlin• Nearing Birmingham, Crilly grows maudlin.• The same crew of sorry drunks, getting riotous, getting miserable, getting maudlin.• Then she drinks too much and gets maudlin about this ex-boyfriend.• I became maudlin, drinking more rich claret than my chaplain would like to imagine.Origin maudlin (1500-1600) Maudlin “Mary Magdalen” ((14-16 centuries)), from Old French Madeleine, from Latin Magdalena; because she was shown in pictures as crying

maud·lin adjectiveChineseSyllable  

talking silly, sad, Corpus a in or behaving

maudlin
maud‧lin /ˈmɔːdlɪn $ ˈmɒː-/ adjective1. talking or behaving in a sad, silly, and emotional way, especially when drunk
    get/grow/become maudlin
    Sir Ralph was becoming maudlin after his third glass of claret.
2. a maudlin song, story, film etc tries too hard to make people feel emotions such as love or sadness and seems silly:
    a song that is tender without being maudlin

maud·linBrE /ˈmɔːdlɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɔːdlɪn/ 🔊 adjectivetalking in a silly, emotional way, often full of pity for yourself, especially when drunk （尤指醉酒时）言语伤感的，感情脆弱的，自怜的 SYN sentimental (of a book, film/movie, or song 书籍、电影或歌曲) expressing or causing exaggerated emotions, especially in way that is not sincere 渲染感情的；煽情的 SYN sentimental