nostalgia

US: /nɔˈstæɫdʒə/
UK: /nəstˈæld‍ʒɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


nostalgia /nɔs'tældʤiə/
  • danh từ
    • nỗi nhớ nhà, lòng nhớ quê hương
    • nỗi luyến tiếc quá kh

Advanced English dictionary


+ noun
[U] a feeling of sadness mixed with pleasure and affection when you think of happy times in the past: a sense / wave / pang of nostalgia + She is filled with nostalgia for her own college days.
nostalgic adjective: nostalgic memories + I feel quite nostalgic for the place where I grew up.
nostalgically adverb: to look back nostalgically to your childhood

Collocation dictionary


ADJ.

great | pure
an evening of pure nostalgia

QUANT.

wave
A wave of nostalgia came over him.

VERB + NOSTALGIA

feel
He thought back to his time as a student and felt no nostalgia for any of it.
| evoke | indulge in, wallow in

NOSTALGIA + NOUN

buff
Nostalgia buffs gathered for the auction of wartime memorabilia.
| trip
The college reunion was a great nostalgia trip.

PREP.

with ~
I remember it with great nostalgia.
| ~ for
She felt great nostalgia for the old way of life.

PHRASES

a feeling/sense of nostalgia


Concise English dictionary


nɑ'stældʒɪə /nɒ-
noun
+longing for something past