nostalgia
/nɒˈstældʒɪə/noun
mass noun
1- a sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations怀旧; (尤指对某段快乐时光或某地的)思念, 怀念:
I was overcome with acute nostalgia for my days at university.
我强烈地怀念大学时代的生活。
1.1
- the evocation of these feelings or tendencies, especially in commercialized form(尤指商业化的)怀旧感引发:
an evening of TV nostalgia.
一个商业化怀旧电视节目唱主角的夜晚。
派生词
nostalgist
noun词源
late 18th cent. (in the sense 'acute homesickness'): modern Latin (translating German Heimweh 'homesickness'), from Greek nostos 'return home' + algos 'pain'.