saturnine是什么意思？

saturnine

英[ˈsætənaɪn] 美[ˈsætərnaɪn]

• adj. 性格阴沉的，表情忧郁的，讥讽的；

例句

• a saturnine expression on his face 脸上露出讥讽之色
• a saturnine smile 冷笑
• 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.
• He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner. 他的举止相当乖戾阴郁，令人望而生畏。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  阴郁的;乖戾的;严厉的;不友好的
  Someone who is saturnine is serious and unfriendly.
  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。

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  性格阴沉的,表情忧郁的;讥讽的
  a saturnine smile 冷笑 a saturnine expression on his face 脸上露出讥讽之色

英英词典释义

• 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"

行业词典

• 医学： 铅的；忧郁的：与铅中毒有关的迟钝状态；