taciturn

C2

a. 沉默寡言的, 不太说话的, 无言的

发音

UK /ˈtæsɪtɜːn/
US /ˈtæsɪtɝn/

词形变化

more taciturn 比较级 most taciturn 最高级

释义与例句

adj. C2
  1. 1.

    Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.

    沉默寡言

    沉默

    The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 1

voluble

近义相关 3

reticent buttoned up untalkative

参见 3

concise incommunicative uncommunicative

词源

Back-formation from taciturnity, from Middle English taciturnite, from Latin taciturnitās; or alternatively from French taciturne, likely reinforced by Latin taciturnus, from tacitus (“secret, tacit”).

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