saturnine

a. 沉默寡言的, 阴沉的, 铅中毒的 [医] 铅的

发音

UK /ˈsætənaɪn/
UK /-nɪn/
US /ˈsætɚˌnaɪn/
US /-ˌnin/
US /-ɾɚ-/

词形变化

more saturnine 比较级 most saturnine 最高级

别名

♄ine

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of a person: having a tendency to be cold and gloomy

  2. 2.

    Of a setting: depressing, dull, gloomy.

  3. 3.

    Synonym of leaden, of or related to the metal lead, associated with the planet Saturn in European alchemy.

    古体
  4. 4.

    Caused or affected by lead poisoning (saturnism).

    医学
  5. 5.

    Pertaining to the astrological influence of the planet Saturn; having the characteristics of a person under such influence (see sense 1).

    废旧 宗教 哲学
  6. 6.

    Belonging to or resembling butterflies of the family Saturnidae

    生物 动物学

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 7

dark sour moody glum sullen morose dour

近义相关 2

sarcastic ill-natured

词源

From Middle English saturnine, satournine, satournyne, saturnin, saturnyn, saturnyne (“pertaining to or under the influence of the planet Saturn; line on the palm of the hand associated with Saturn”), from Old French saturnine, saturnin (modern French saturnin (“of, pertaining to, resembling or containing lead, plumbic”)), or directly from its etymon Medieval Latin Sāturnīnus, from Sāturnus (“the Roman god Saturn; the planet Saturn”) + -īnus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’); analysable as Saturn + -ine. The English word is cognate with Italian saturnino (“saturnine”), Portuguese saturnino (“melancholy, saturnine; pertaining to the planet Saturn”), Spanish saturnino (“melancholy, saturnine; pertaining to the planet Saturn”). Sense 1 (“having a tendency to be cold, bitter, gloomy, etc.”) refers to the fact that individuals born under the astrological influence of the planet Saturn were believed to have that disposition.

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