lachrymose「爱哭的；爱流泪的」

Word of the Day： December 7, 2022

lachrymose

爱哭的；爱流泪的

adjective /LAK-ruh-mohss/ [ˈlækrəˌmoʊs]

What It Means

Lachrymose is used to describe someone who tends to cry often, or something that tends to cause people to cry.

Lachrymose 指经常哭的人，或者容易催泪的事儿。

LACHRYMOSE in Context

“In 1912, Edith Maida Lessing wrote the lyrics to a lachrymose ballad about the sinking of the Titanic.” — Patt Morrison, The Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022

“1912 年，伊迪丝·梅达·莱辛 (Edith Maida Lessing) 为泰坦尼克号沉没的一首催泪民谣创作了歌词。”

Did You Know?

The misty-eyed souls among us will appreciate lachrymose, a word that can describe a person who tends to cry often, or an emotional trigger that induces tears. Those more stoic in disposition might be moved (though not to tears) to learn that lachrymose also has a scientific counterpart: its older cousin lachrymal can mean “of, relating to, or marked by tears,” or (usually with the alternative spelling lacrimal) “of, relating to, or being glands that produce tears.” Both lachrymose and lachrymal come from the Latin noun lacrima, meaning “tear.”

那些容易流泪的人会想要了解 lachrymose，它指经常哭泣的人，或是使人催泪的事物。 坚韧性格的人可能会感动（虽然不会流泪）， lachrymose 也是一个科学附属物：它的表亲 lachrymal 可以表示“流眼泪的，与眼泪有关或以眼泪为标志”，或者（通常使用替代拼写 lacrimal ) “关于眼泪的腺体。” lachrymose 和 lachrymal 都来自拉丁语名词 lacrima，意思是“tear「眼泪」”。

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