English-Thai Dictionary

doldrums

N ความ ซบเซา  sluggishness kwam-sob-sao

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOLDRUMS

Dol "drums, n. pl. Etym: [Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation ]

 

Defn: A part of the ocean near the equator, abounding in calms, squalls, and light, baffling winds, which sometimes prevent all progress for weeks; -- so called by sailors. To be in the doldrums, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

doldrums

dol drums |ˈdōldrəmz, ˈdäl -, ˈdôl -ˈdoʊldrəmz | ▶plural noun (the doldrums ) a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression: the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years. • an equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calms, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds. ORIGIN late 18th cent. (as doldrum ‘dull, sluggish person ’): perhaps from dull, on the pattern of tantrums.

 

Oxford Dictionary

doldrums

doldrums |ˈdɒldrəmz | ▶plural noun (the doldrums ) 1 a state or period of stagnation or depression: the mortgage market has been in the doldrums for three years. 2 an equatorial region of the Atlantic Ocean with calms, sudden storms, and light unpredictable winds. ORIGIN late 18th cent. (as doldrum ‘dull, sluggish person ’): perhaps from dull, on the pattern of tantrums.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

doldrums

doldrums plural noun winter doldrums: depression, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, downheartedness, dejection, despondency, low spirits, despair; inertia, apathy, listlessness, blahs, blue funk, blues. PHRASES in the doldrums overseas stocks are in the doldrums: inactive, quiet, slow, slack, sluggish, stagnant.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

doldrums

doldrums plural noun a fit of the winter doldrums: depression, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, downheartedness, dejection, despondency, dispiritedness, heavy-heartedness, heartache, unhappiness, sadness, misery, woe, dismalness, despair, pessimism, hopelessness; inertia, apathy, listlessness, malaise, boredom, tedium, ennui; low spirits; informal blues; N. Amer. informal blahs. ANTONYMS happiness. PHRASES in the doldrums the property market is in the doldrums: inactive, quiet, slow, slack, sluggish, subdued, stagnant, static, inert, flat, dull. ANTONYMS busy, lively.

 

Duden Dictionary

Doldrums

Dol d rums , Dol drums Pluralwort Seemannssprache , die |D o ldrums |die Doldrums (Plural ) englisch Windstillen, besonders der äquatoriale Windstillengürtel

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

doldrums

dol drums /dóʊldrəmz |dɔ́l -/名詞 〖the ～; 複数扱い 〗1 ｟くだけて ｠憂うつ, ふさぎこみ .2 ｟くだけて ｠(経済 景気などの )停滞 [沈滞 ]状態 .3 〘海 〙無風地帯 .in the d ó ldrums ｟くだけて ｠憂うつで, ふさぎこんで ; 〈経済などが 〉停滞状態で, 活気なく .