You describe something that you see or hear as melancholy when it gives you an intense feeling of sadness.
例句
...a painter of haunting melancholy canvases...一位畫作中飽含揮之不去的憂傷情緒的畫家The only sounds were the distant, melancholy cries of the sheep...只聽得見遠處羊群的哀鳴。
N-UNCOUNT
(習慣性或氣質上的)憂郁，憂傷
Melancholy is an intense feeling of sadness which lasts for a long time and which strongly affects your behaviour and attitudes.
例句
I was deeply aware of his melancholy as he stood among the mourners...當他站在致哀的人群中時，我深深地體會到了他的憂傷。The general watched the process with an air of melancholy.將軍神情憂郁地望著隊列經過。
ADJ-GRADED
憂郁的;悲傷的
If someone feels or looks melancholy, they feel or look very sad.
例句
It was in these hours of the late afternoon that Tom Mulligan felt most melancholy...傍晚這幾個小時里，湯姆·馬利根最為抑郁。He fixed me with those luminous, empty eyes and his melancholy smile.他笑容憂郁地凝視著我，閃亮的眼睛里空無一物。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
憂郁, 悲哀,傷悲
All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入無盡的憂思之中。
adj.
憂郁的, 悲傷的,（令人）悲哀的,（令人）沮喪的
He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.這次考試沒通過, 他感到很郁悶。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a feeling of thoughtful sadness
2. a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed
3. a humor that was once believed to be secreted by the kidneys or spleen and to cause sadness and melancholy
Adjective
1. characterized by or causing or expressing sadness;
"growing more melancholy every hour""her melancholic smile""we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"