saturnine
英 ['sætənaɪn]
美
- adj. 忧郁的；阴沉的；铅中毒的；沉默寡言的
英英释意
- 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"
双语例句
- 1. He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
- 他的举止相当乖戾阴郁，令人望而生畏。
来自辞典例句
- 2. The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips seemed to be twisted with disdain.
- 他皮肤黝黑, 面带讥讽表情,嘴里叼着烟斗,是个鞑靼人.
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