saturnine 是什么意思
adj. 忧郁的；阴沉的；铅中毒的；沉默寡言的
saturnine 中文词源
saturnine 阴沉的，令人生畏的
来自 Saturn,土星，-ine,形容词后缀。受中世纪科学知识的局限，天海冥三星尚未发现，土星 被认为是最远的行星，在当时的星象学，占星师认为在土星座出生的孩子，由于远离太阳缺 少阳光，性格会比较阴沉冷淡，因而引申词义阴沉的，令人生畏的。比较 jovial,开朗的，欢 乐的，来自 Jupiter,木星，罗马主神朱庇特，欢乐神，字面意思为在木星座出生的孩子。
英语词源
saturnine (adj.)"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 character
saturnine 权威例句
- 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.
- 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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saturnine 造句
- 1. He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.
- 他有种相当可怕的，阴郁的举止。
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- 2. A "Saturnine" disposition is typically humorless and somewhat grim.
- 土星的进驻往往是缺乏幽默感且冷酷的。
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- 3. My former roommate was a saturnine scholar who said very little and smiled rarely.
- 我前一位室友是一位沉默的学者，他很少说话也很少笑。
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- 4. Hugh Hungerford was slim and saturnine long-legged long-faced clad in faded finery.
- 休·亨格福德身材修长表情忧郁，长腿长脸，身着褪色的华服。
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- 5. My former roommingested was a saturnine scholar who said very little and smiled rarely.
- 我的前一位室友是一位夸夸其谈的学者，他很少说话也很少笑。
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- 6. It's a little higher and faster, but with odd, devastating pauses and saturnine shades of mockery.
- 而是稍微高一点、快一点，但又带有奇特的、富有感染力的停顿以及隐隐的嘲笑。
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- 7. “Saturnine, coarse and queer”, writes Mr Hughes, that “he thrashed about in the etiquette of early Seicento Rome like a shark in a net.
- 关于卡拉瓦乔，休斯先生写道，“阴郁，粗鄙，古怪，他撞入十七世纪意大利文艺圈里，像鲨鱼撞入网里。”
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- 8. With Mr Heathcliff, grim and saturnine, on the one hand, and Hareton, absolutely dumb, on the other, I made a somewhat cheerless meal, and bid adieu early.
- 在我的一边坐的是希刺克厉夫先生，冷酷而阴沉，另一边是哈里顿，一声也不吭，我吃了一顿多少有点不愉快的饭，就早早的辞去了。
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- 9. The dermatologists and plastic surgeons I interviewed noted that creases bestowing an angry or saturnine look (usually forehead furrows) on their bearers are particularly irksome.
- 我采访过的皮肤专家及整形医生都认为，那些让人看起来忿怒或缄默的皱纹(通常是抬头纹)尤其令人讨厌。
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- 10. The dermatologists and plastic surgeons I interviewed noted that creases bestowing an angry or saturnine look (usually forehead furrows) on their bearers are particularly irksome.
- 我采访过的皮肤专家及整形医生都认为，那些让人看起来忿怒或缄默的皱纹(通常是抬头纹)尤其令人讨厌。
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