lachrymose「愛哭的；愛流淚的」

Word of the Day： December 7, 2022

lachrymose

愛哭的；愛流淚的

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 指經常哭的人，或者容易催淚的事兒。

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，伊迪絲·梅達·萊辛 (Edith Maida Lessing) 爲泰坦尼尅號沉沒的一首催淚民謠創作了歌詞。”

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.”

那些容易流淚的人會想要了解 lachrymose，它指經常哭泣的人，或是使人催淚的事物。 堅靭性格的人可能會感動（雖然不會流淚）， lachrymose 也是一個科學附屬物：它的表親 lachrymal 可以表示“流眼淚的，與眼淚有關或以眼淚爲標志”，或者（通常使用替代拼寫 lacrimal ) “關於眼淚的腺躰。” lachrymose 和 lachrymal 都來自拉丁語名詞 lacrima，意思是“tear「眼淚」”。

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