pen·sive /ˈpɛn(t)sɪv/
(a.)沈思的,哀思的,憂沈的
Pen·sive a.
1. Thoughtful, sober, or sad; employed in serious reflection; given to, or favorable to, earnest or melancholy musing.
The pensive secrecy of desert cell. --Milton.
Anxious cares the pensive nymph oppressed. --Pope.
2. Expressing or suggesting thoughtfulness with sadness; as, pensive numbers.
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pensive
adj 1: persistently or morbidly thoughtful [syn: brooding, broody,
contemplative, meditative, musing, pondering,
reflective, ruminative]
2: showing pensive sadness; "the sensitive and wistful response
of a poet to the gentler phases of beauty" [syn: wistful]