Nostalgia



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 怀旧之情; 思乡病
• ［英］ n. 怀旧之情;思乡病 ( homesick)
• ［记］ nost ( 家) +alg ( 痛) +ia -> 想家病;
• ［同］ 参考: nostrum ( 民间药方)
• ［例］ The old man remembered his college days with nostalgia.

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: New Latin, from Greek nostos return home + New Latin -algia; akin to Greek neisthai to return, Old English genesan to survive, Sanskrit nasate he approaches
• Date: 1756
• 1. the state of being homesick ; homesickness
• 2. a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition; also something that evokes nostalgia
• ? nostalgic adjective or noun
• ? nostalgically adverb
• ? nostalgist noun

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