thinking deeply about something, especially because you are sad or worried 沉思的;忧伤的;忧戚的 to be in a pensive mood 心情忧郁 to look pensive 神情忧伤 She sat with a pensive expression on her face. 她面带忧伤地坐着。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryPensive is used with these nouns:- mood
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French pensif, -ive, from penser ‘think’, from Latin pensare ‘ponder’, frequentative of pendere ‘weigh’.