1580s, past participle adjective, but the verb crestfall is recorded only from 1610s, in reference to diseased horses, and is rare. It's possible that the image behind this use of the word is not cocks, as often is asserted, but horses.
双语例句
1. He gathered himself up and sneaked off, crushed and crestfallen.
他爬起来,偷偷地溜了,一副垂头丧气 、 被斗败的样子.
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2. The youth looked exceedingly crestfallen.
那青年看上去垂头丧气极了.
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3. The individual to whom the manager had been talking went away quite crestfallen.
和经理谈话的那人垂头丧气地走了.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
4. Look at that crestfallen child, I very for his distress.
看着那没精打采的孩子, 我很为他悲哀.
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5. Poor Passepartout, quite crestfallen, followed his master without a word.
