sullen

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a. 愠怒的, 沉闷的, 阴沉的

发音

US /ˈsʌlən/

词形变化

sullens 复数 sullens sullens 三单 sullening 现在分词 sullened 过去式 sullened 过去分词 sullener 比较级 sullener sullenest sullenest 最高级

别名

sulen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit.

    古体
  2. 2.

    Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness.

    复数形式
v.
  1. 1.

    To make sullen.

    废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.

  2. 2.

    Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.

    a sullen atmosphere

  3. 3.

    Sluggish; slow.

  4. 4.

    Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Obstinate; intractable.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

dark heavy threatening sour moody lowering glum morose dour saturnine

近义相关 2

cloudy ill-natured

词源

From Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.

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