"gloomy, morose, sluggish, grave," mid-15c., literally "born under the influence of the planet Saturn," from Middle English Saturne (see Saturn) + -ine (1). Medieval physiology believed these characteristics to be caused by the astrological influence of the planet Saturn, which was the most remote from the Sun (in the limited knowledge of the times) and thus coldest and slowest in its revolution.
saturnine 双语例句
1. He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
他的举止相当乖戾阴郁，令人望而生畏。
来自辞典例句
2. The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips seemed to be twisted with disdain.