| 单词 | sullen |
| 释义 | Related topics: Naturesul·len /ˈsʌlən/ adjective 1 BAD-TEMPEREDangry and silent, especially because you feel life has been unfair to you 闷闷不乐的，怒的 → morose Bill sat in sullen silence and refused to eat his lunch. 比尔一声不响，闷闷不乐地坐着，不肯吃午饭。 a look of sullen resentment 愤懑的眼神2. literaryDNDARK a sullen sky or sea is dark and looks as if bad weather is coming 〔天空或大海〕灰蒙蒙的，阴沉的 SYN overcast —sullenly adverb —sullenness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpussullen• The girl was sullen and uncooperative.• The little children were crying constantly, and the older ones were sullen and withdrawn.• Starvation gave a gaunt menace to their sullen anger - and they were angry, he could not doubt it.• They were tolerating that redhead well enough in spite of his sullen bad manners.• Dick just sat there with a sullen expression on his face, refusing to speak.• The three boys should have been at school with their ragged clothes, crew cuts and sullen eyes.• a sullen gray sky• A sullen grey July gave way to sultry August.• It makes you think about those sullen high schoolers in a different light, see their lives along a time line.Origin sullen (1300-1400) Probably from an unrecorded Anglo-French solein “single, solitary, sullen”, from Latin solus “alone”sul·len adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus and because silent, you angry feel life has especially |
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