英和和英

名詞

the dismals pl (plural only)

1. A dismal or melancholy state.
   • 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, “How an Evening Passes at the Elms, and Dr. Toole Makes a Little Excursion; and Two Choice Spirits Discourse, and Hebe Trips In with the Nectar”, in The House by the Church-yard. […], volume II, London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 279:

     "Well, this is a bright fit of the dismals," said little Toole, nothing overawed.