saturnine
n.阴郁
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saturnine
/'sætənaɪn; `sætɚ,naɪn/
adj (fml 文) (of a person or his appearance) gloomy (指人或人的外貌)忧郁的, 阴沉的
*a saturnine face, frown 愁容、颦蹙.
saturnine
adj literary
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: saturnin, from Medieval Latin saturninus 'influenced by the planet Saturn']
looking sad and serious, especially in a threatening way
his lean saturnine face
1. 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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