saturnine / ˈsæt ərˌnaɪn /

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saturnine 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn.
  2. suffering from lead poisoning, as a person.
  3. due to absorption of lead, as bodily disorders.

saturnine 近义词

adj. 形容词 adjective

gloomy

更多saturnine例句

  1. He was a slim saturnine-faced man with cigaret-ash stain on a coat lapel.
  2. The dark, saturnine stranger had shrunk away into the background of his life, and no longer seemed of importance to him.
  3. I saw him as he strode through the little village, looking neither to right nor left, saturnine of countenance.
  4. And by the door stood Billy, watching them all like an evil spirit, with a leer of saturnine malice on his evil face.
  5. The driver, a lean saturnine man who seemed to be forever chewing gum, began to prepare coffee.