sentimental in a feeble or sickly way
伤感的,感情脆弱的
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a mawkish poem .感伤的诗。
〈古,方〉 有轻微怪味的
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the mawkish smell of warm beer .热啤酒的怪味。
"mid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘inclined to sickness’): from obsolete