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Somber=Sombre

Origin: A somber volume of paintings and sketches depicts the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese side.

(Time: 2/16/09 )

1. dull; dark

2. melancholy; gloomy

3. grave; serious

adv. somberly
n. [U] somberness

It was a somber day. People who attended the funeral had the somber look on their face. They all dressed in somber black to reflect the somber mood.

 

其實這個字跟sober很像,而且有相同的意思,第3 4 5

比較不一樣的是它可以當動詞

Adj

1. temperate by habit, esp. in the use of intoxicating liquors

2. not under the influence of liquor

3. self-possessed; calm; steady; sedate

4. solemn; grave

5. plain; subdued

Verb

1. to make free, or recover, from drunkenness

2. to make, or become, calm

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