misery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹɪ/    美 /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Great unhappiness; extreme pain of body or mind; wretchedness; distress; woe. countable,uncountable
    — Ever since his wife left him you can see the misery on his face.
  2. A bodily ache or pain. UK,US,countable,dialectal,uncountable
    — [...] and I had a misery in my left breast and shoulder. I was hurt, but knew not how or how much.
  3. Cause of misery; calamity; misfortune. countable,uncountable
  4. poverty. countable,uncountable
    — The Widdow that hath but a pan of braſſe, […] Muſt pay her Landlord many a groat, Or twil be puld out of her throat: […] The rich haue all, the poore liue in miſerie: […]
  5. greed; avarice. archaic,countable,uncountable

词形变化

miseries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
commiserate miser miserable

词源

From Middle English miserie, from Old French miserie (modern: misère), from Latin miseria, from miser, equivalent to miser + -y. Doublet of misère and mizeria.
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