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doldrums 音标拼音: [d'oldrəmz] n. 忧郁,赤道无风带 忧郁,赤道无风带 doldrums n 1: a state of inactivity (in business or art etc); "economic growth of less than 1% per year is considered to be economic stagnation" [synonym: {stagnation}, {stagnancy}, {doldrums}] 2: a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific doldrums \dol"drums\ (d[o^]l"dr[u^]mz), n. pl. [Cf. Gael. doltrum grief, vexation?] 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. [1913 Webster] {To be in the doldrums}, to be in a state of listlessness ennui, or tedium. [1913 Webster] 49 Moby Thesaurus words for "doldrums":
anticyclone, antitrades, apathy, blahs, blue devils, blues, boredom, calm, cold storage, dead calm, deathlike calm, dejection, depression, disinterest, dismals, dolefuls, dormancy, dumps, ennui, flat calm, gloom, horse latitudes, inactivity, indifference, intermission, interruption, latency, listlessness, lull, megrims, mopes, mulligrubs, mumps, oily calm, polar easterlies, prevailing westerlies, quiescence, quiescency, retardation, roaring forties, slump, stagnation, sulks, suspension, trade wind, trades, wind-equator, windlessness, yawn
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