nostalgia

/nɒˈstældʒə/ (bre, ipa) · /nəˈstældʒə/ (ame, ipa) · /nä-ˈstal-jə nə- also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl-/ (ame, mw)

nostalgia — noun

1. a bittersweet emotion you feel when you remember an earlier time in your life —

1.名詞B2
釋義

a bittersweet emotion you feel when you remember an earlier time in your life — usually warm and happy, but with a touch of sadness because that time is gone.

例句

Cole felt a wave of nostalgia when he found his old school photos in the attic.

collocation: a wave of nostalgia

Many viewers watch the show out of nostalgia for the 1990s television they grew up with.

pattern: nostalgia for + time period

同義詞
  • wistfulness

    more literary; emphasises the gentle sadness without the warmth

  • homesickness

    specifically missing a place (home) rather than a past time

  • yearning

    stronger desire to return; less tied to memory

  • sentimentality

    often negative — implies excessive or unearned emotion about the past

文法句型

nostalgia for + noun

用法筆記

Uncountable in almost every use; takes the preposition 'for' to name what is missed. Often appears in collocations 'a wave of / a sense of / a feeling of nostalgia'.

常見錯誤

❌I have many nostalgias about my childhood.
✅I have a lot of nostalgia for my childhood.
💡nostalgia is uncountable, so no plural and use 'a lot of' rather than 'many'.
❌She feels nostalgia about her hometown.
✅She feels nostalgia for her hometown.
💡the standard preposition is 'for', not 'about'.