taciturn

taciturn

英 ['tæsɪtɜːn]
　　美 ['tæsɪtɝn]

adj. 沉默寡言的；無言的，不太說話的

中文詞源：

taciturn 不茍言笑的

來自 tacit,安靜的，-urn,形容詞後綴。引申詞義不茍言笑的。

例句：

1. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.
他寡言少語，回答我的問題時隻是往外蹦單字。

2. The ant is the most industrious animal; however, it is the most taciturn one.
沒有任何動物比螞蟻更勤奮, 然而它卻最沉默寡言.

3. But these men were a taciturn lot , picking their words carefully.
但是這些人都是沉默寡言的人, 說起話來字斟句酌,非常謹慎.

4. He reverted to his old taciturn ways.
他又恢復瞭他的靜默寡言.

5. Never talkative, he was even more taciturn now.
原先他就不喜歡說話, 現在更不愛開口瞭.