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

• A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth.
  牙医在工作的时候，是往嘴里瞧／垂头丧气。
• Remnants of foods will break down in the mouth releasing the sugars and acids that cause damage and discoloration to teeth.
  牙齿上的残留物在口腔内会分解为糖和酸，腐蚀牙齿，形成牙渍。
• 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。
• 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。
• The manager looked so down in the mouth that the staff knew something was seriously wrong.
  经理看来如此闷闷不乐，于是全体职员就知道事情必定不妙。
• He looked very down in the mouth.
  他好象闷闷不乐的样子。
• I'm a bit down in the mouth today.
  我今天有点闷闷不乐的。
• 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。
• If this should happen, the speaker might feel down in the mouth.
  如果这种情况发生，说话者可能会感到沮丧。
• Because he looks down in the mouth.
  因为他总是往嘴里看。