c. 1400, "causing pain," from Old French doloros (12c., Modern French douloureux) "painful, sorrowful, wretched," from Late Latin dolorosus "painful, sorrowful," from Latin dolor "pain, grief." Sense of "causing grief" is from mid-15c.; that of "full of sorrow" is from 1510s. Related: Dolorously; dolorousness.
实用例句
1. Now and again the hunter can hear a long - draw dolorous whine of some unseen coyote.
猎人不时能听见某只看不见的小林狼发出的拖长的哀嚎.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. With a broken - hearted smile, he lifted a pair of dolorous eyes.
