基本释义
- adj.
- 性格阴沉的，表情忧郁的，讥讽的
实用例句
He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
他的举止相当乖戾阴郁，令人望而生畏。
辞典例句
The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips seemed to be twisted with disdain.
他皮肤黝黑, 面带讥讽表情,嘴里叼着烟斗,是个鞑靼人.
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英英释义
Adjective
1. bitter or scornful;
"the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips...twisted with disdain"- Oscar Wilde
2. showing a brooding ill humor;
"a dark scowl"
"the proverbially dour New England Puritan"
"a glum, hopeless shrug"
"he sat in moody silence"
"a morose and unsociable manner"
"a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven
"a sour temper"
"a sullen crowd"