saturnine

Word family nounSaturnaliaSaturniasaturniidsaturnismsaturnistSaturnadjectivesaturnalianSaturniansaturnicsaturnineadverbsaturninely

sat·ur·nine /ˈsætənaɪn $ -ər-/ adjectiveadj literary

SERIOUS PERSONlooking sad and serious, especially in a threatening way 忧郁的，阴沉的

his lean saturnine face

他那消瘦又忧郁的脸

Examples from the Corpus

saturnine• For those of melancholy or saturnine disposition, the means had to be found for inducing receptivity toward Jovian or solar influx.• a dark, saturnine expression• And wasn't there something about Fox with his saturnine face and dark, watchful eyes?• The tech was a rather saturnine individual who never spoke an unnecessary word.• Actually she was every bit as curious about the saturnine mystery man as Candy.

Origin saturnine

(1400-1500) Old French saturnin, from Medieval Latin saturninus “influenced by the planet Saturn”

词汇	saturnine
释义	saturnine Word family nounSaturnaliaSaturniasaturniidsaturnismsaturnistSaturnadjectivesaturnalianSaturniansaturnicsaturnineadverbsaturninely sat·ur·nine /ˈsætənaɪn $ -ər-/ adjectiveadj literary SERIOUS PERSONlooking sad and serious, especially in a threatening way 忧郁的，阴沉的 his lean saturnine face 他那消瘦又忧郁的脸 Examples from the Corpus saturnine• For those of melancholy or saturnine disposition, the means had to be found for inducing receptivity toward Jovian or solar influx.• a dark, saturnine expression• And wasn't there something about Fox with his saturnine face and dark, watchful eyes?• The tech was a rather saturnine individual who never spoke an unnecessary word.• Actually she was every bit as curious about the saturnine mystery man as Candy. Origin saturnine (1400-1500) Old French saturnin, from Medieval Latin saturninus “influenced by the planet Saturn”
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