“sighful”的英英意思

单词	sighful
释义	sighful, a. rare.|ˈsaɪfʊl| [f. sigh n. + -ful.] Sorrowful; sad. 1606Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. i. Tropheis 1285 In a cave hard by he roareth out A sigh-full Song.a1618― Hymn of Alms 276 A sighfull Air (though Soule-less) to respire.1893F. Thompson Poems 53 The dank thoughts that shiver Upon the sighful branches of my mind. Hence ˈsighfully adv. rare. 1900Academy 27 Oct. 375/2 Cromwell..‘sought the Lord’..sighfully and tearfully, beating his breast.1905W. J. Locke Morals Marcus Ordeyne x. 213 My aunt sighfully acquiesced, and for a while we discussed the depravity of human nature.1925T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. (1926) II. iii. xxv. 321 And here he wearily and sighfully drew forth his large white handkerchief once more.

　

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