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11Doldrums (disambiguation) — The Doldrums, also called the equatorial calms , are the calms and light baffling winds at the intertropical convergence zone. Doldrums may also refer to: The Doldrums (album), the second album from the Ariel Pink s Haunted Graffiti series The… …
12doldrums — dol|drums [ˈdɔldrəmz US ˈdoul , ˈda:l , ˈdo:l ] n [plural] informal [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: Perhaps from dold stupid (1400 1500)] a) if an industry, company, activity etc is in the doldrums, it is not doing well or developing in the doldrums ▪… …
13Doldrums — The doldrums is a colloquial expression derived from historical maritime usage for those parts of the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean affected by the Intertropical Convergence Zone, a low pressure area around the equator where the prevailing …
14doldrums — noun 1 be in the doldrums informal a) to be feeling sad: Fay s really in the doldrums today. b) to not be growing or improving: The car industry has been in the doldrums for several years. 2 the doldrums an area in the ocean just north of the… …
15doldrums — /dohl dreuhmz, dol , dawl /, n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. a state of inactivity or stagnation, as in business or art: August is a time of doldrums for many enterprises. 2. the doldrums, a. a belt of calms and light baffling winds north of the… …
16doldrums, the — dol|drums, the [ douldrəmz, daldrəmz ] noun plural 1. ) a situation in which there is a lack of success, activity, or improvement: He s just the player the team needs to lift it out of the doldrums. in the doldrums: After years in the doldrums,… …
17doldrums — Regions of calm, light variable winds and thunderstorms girdling the ocean near the equator and varying in extent and position according to the season. The doldrums lie between the northeasterly tradewinds of the Northern Hemisphere and the… …
18doldrums — n. (colloq.) stagnation in the doldrums * * * [ dɒldrəmz] (colloq.) [ stagnation ] in the doldrums …
19doldrums — [[t]dɒ̱ldrəmz[/t]] PHRASE: usu v link PHR If an activity or situation is in the doldrums, it is very quiet and nothing new or exciting is happening. The economy is in the doldrums …
20doldrums — If a person is in the doldrums, they are depressed. If a project or something similar is in the doldrums, it isn t making any progress. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
