sullen

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 sŭlʹən

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is solitary, or lives alone; a hermit. archaic
    — He sit neither with seint Johan, / Symond ne Jude, / Ne with maydenes ne with martires, / Confessours ne wydewes; / But by hymself as a soleyn, / And served on erthe.
  2. Sullen feelings or manners; sulks; moroseness. in-plural
    — And let them die that age and sullens have;
动词 v.
  1. To make sullen. obsolete
    — The idle man is like the dumb jack in a virginal: while all the other dance out a winning music, this, like a member out of joint, sullens the whole body, with an ill disturbing laziness.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a brooding ill temper; sulky.
    — Still she entreats, and prettily entreats, / For to a pretty ear she tunes her tale; / Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets, / ‘Twixt crimson shame and anger ashy-pale;
  2. Gloomy; dismal; foreboding.
    — a sullen atmosphere
  3. Sluggish; slow.
    — The larger [stream] was placid, and even sullen, in its course.
  4. Mischievous; malignant; unpropitious. obsolete
    — Such sullen planets at my birth did shine, / They threaten every Fortune mixt with mine.
  5. Obstinate; intractable. obsolete
    — Things are as sullen as we are, and will be what they are whatever we think of them.

词形变化

sullener comparative sullenest superlative sullens plural sullens present,singular,third-person sullening participle,present sullened participle,past sullened past

词汇关系

近义词
glum gloomy grouchy gruff ill-tempered ill-humored moody morose sulky sullen
反义词
cheerful content lighthearted pleased
上位词
sad
衍生词
sullenly sullenness unsullen
相关词
peevish

词源

词源 1
From Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.
词源 2
From Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.
词源 3
From Middle English soleyn, from Anglo-Norman soleyn (“alone”), from Old French sole (“single, sole, alone”), from Latin sōlus (“by oneself alone”). The change in meaning from "single" to morose occurred in Middle English.
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