sullen

[英] [ˈsʌlən] [美] [ˈsʌlən] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 面有愠色的;闷闷不乐的;郁郁寡欢的 Someone who is sullen is bad-tempered and does not speak much. 
  • The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence...

    那些冒犯者都闷不作声了。

  • Many of them remained sullen and resentful.

    他们中有许多人还是闷闷不乐,怀恨在心。

sullenly
  • 'I've never seen it before,' Harry said sullenly.

    哈里一脸不悦地说:“我以前从来没有见过它。”

  • ...a sullenly resentful crowd.

    愤愤不平的人群

Adjective

1. 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"

2. darkened by clouds;

  • "a heavy sky"
1. He looked up at the sullen sky.
他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。

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2. I was served by a sullen-faced youth.
一个闷闷不乐的年轻人接待了我。

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3. The sullen girl refused to answer her mother's questions.
愠怒的女孩拒绝回答她母亲的问题。

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