西瓜单词

taciturn是什么意思

taciturn

英 ['tæsɪtɜːn] 美 ['tæsɪtɝn]

taciturn 不苟言笑的

来自 tacit,安静的，-urn,形容词后缀。引申词义不苟言笑的。

taciturn (adj.): "habitually silent," 1771, back-formation from taciturnity, or from French taciturne (15c.), from Latin taciturnus "not talkative, noiseless."

1. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.

他寡言少语，回答我的问题时只是往外蹦单字。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The ant is the most industrious animal; however, it is the most taciturn one.: 没有任何动物比蚂蚁更勤奋, 然而它却最沉默寡言.

3. But these men were a taciturn lot , picking their words carefully.: 但是这些人都是沉默寡言的人, 说起话来字斟句酌,非常谨慎.