Somber的意思|Somber的解释-里氏词典

somber ['sɒmbә]

a. 昏暗的, 阴天的, 严峻的, 忧郁的

somber

[ adj ]

lacking brightness or color; dull

<adj.all>

drab faded curtains

sober Puritan grey

children in somber brown clothes

grave or even gloomy in character

<adj.all>

solemn and mournful music

a suit of somber black

a somber mood

Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\(?; 277), a. [F. sombre; cf.
Sp. sombra, shade, prob. from LL. subumbrare to put in the
shade; L. sub under + umbra shade. See {Umbrage}.]
1. Dull; dusky; somewhat dark; gloomy; as, a somber forest; a
somber house.

2. Melancholy; sad; grave; depressing; as, a somber person;
somber reflections.

The dinner was silent and somber; happily it was
also short. --Beaconsfield.

Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, v. t.
To make somber, or dark; to make shady. [R.]

Somber \Som"ber\, Sombre \Som"bre\, n.
Gloom; obscurity; duskiness; somberness. [Obs.]

"The somber walls of the concentration camp of Mauthausen forcefully remind us of the martyrs of our own time," Waldheim said of the concentration camp the pontiff visited Friday.
Even as Wright nominated Rep. Tom Foley of Washington as speaker in a somber speech on the House floor, workers were trundling his possessions out of the speaker's ceremonial office on canvas-covered carts.
Insiders said the mood at the company was somber.
A turnaround they had hoped for by mid-year probably won't materialize at all, several said. Most expect 1992 to show a marginal improvement from 1991, a somber picture considering this year has the added boost of Olympics and election dollars.
More somber topics are covered by "Andre's Mother," McNally's poignant examination of what happens after the death of an AIDS victim, and a monologue by Arthur Miller on what a burglary does to one's sense of material possessions.
But the mood suddenly turned somber as Mr. Milken acknowledged guilt and began describing his crimes.
There is a kind of chilly perfection in the remoteness that pervades this film, from the characterizations to the stark, somber imagery.
The character and the play become more somber as they attempt to define what Rachel has done with her life since leaving her husband.
They lit candles and listened to an organ playing somber music inside the small red brick church.
The New York Times was somber and celebratory, calling Woodstock a "Phenomenon of Innocence."
The legislation requires thrifts to divest themselves of junk bonds in the new, somber regulatory climate.
A somber portrait of George Washington in full dress uniform looked down upon the nation's 41st president.
The somber mood was heightened by the lack of bands, and few waves were exchanged as the ship docked.
"Well, they don't like my politics so we finished a political trial," said the 63-year-old Mecham as he left the somber Senate chamber.
Regrettably I must conclude on this somber note: Such apprehension is amply justified.
It's a somber task, says correspondence secretary Marisse Reyes, though "sometimes we read the letters out loud for a laugh."
The estimate for the painting is $40 million to $50 million, but given the price fetched by the more somber van Gogh, some dealers are now expecting it to break the world record.
The somber portrait by Vincent Van Gogh of his doctor was sold for $82.5 million _ the highest purchase price ever paid at auction for a painting.
But with a deteriorating economy hurting sales world-wide and a huge work force being pared only slowly, Digital's outlook remains somber.
Traders said a bearish mood pervaded the London Stock Exchange. Besides the political worries, dealers said, they expected a somber quarterly report from the Confederation of British Industry on Tuesday.
Although Mr. Kiefer's range of emotion and color is mostly limited to somber emotions depicted in the tones of earth and metal, the best of his works are as strong as anything being done today.
Tadeusz Mazowiecki's campaign strategists have had a hard time creating a warmer, more personable image for the serious, somber prime minister.
A somber nation marked the 1,000th day of captivity Tuesday of journalist Jean-Paul Kauffmann, but neither French nor Iranian officials offered much hope that the hostage would leave Lebanon soon.
Looking somber and shaken, Mrs. Thatcher told reporters in London before leaving for Hankham that the slaying would make no difference to her Conservative government's fight against terrorism.
The somber ceremony quickly gave way to "a happy street party," the newspaper said.
Amid the generally upbeat signals being put out by the president's physicians, though, there was one more somber note that suggested Mr. Bush's problem may not have been the fleeting one it appeared at first.
Ambassador Al-Sabah, speaking in a somber tone, said that Kuwait was "under occupation" by a belligerent power.
The tobacco contigent was somber: "The outcome has certainly not been entirely to our satisfaction," said Dawson.
A family was opening Christmas presents when a somber police officer showed up at the door with shocking news: six relatives and a fiancee had been killed in a traffic accident while on their way to the home.
And, some professionals and executives wonder, are offices destined to become somber and serious, with people living in fear of offending their co-workers?

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