thinking sadly about something that you would like to have, especially something in the past that you can no longer have 伤感的;(对已不可能发生之事)徒然神往的 a wistful smile 伤感的微笑 There was something rather wistful about the sad little tune. 这首悲伤的小曲有些伤感。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWistful is used with these nouns:- expression
- longing
- nostalgia
- …
Word Originearly 17th cent.: apparently from obsolete wistly ‘intently’, influenced by wishful.