saturnine

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美[?s?t?rna?n]

基本釋義

adj.
性格陰沉的,表情憂郁的,譏諷的

實用例句

He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.

他的舉止相當乖戾陰郁,令人望而生畏。

辭典例句

The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips seemed to be twisted with disdain.

他皮膚黝黑, 面帶譏諷表情,嘴里叼著煙斗,是個韃靼人.

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英英釋義

Adjective
  • 1. bitter or scornful;

    "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde

  • 2. showing a brooding ill humor;

    "a dark scowl"

    "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"

    "a glum, hopeless shrug"

    "he sat in moody silence"

    "a morose and unsociable manner"

    "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven

    "a sour temper"

    "a sullen crowd"

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