sulky
sulky 英 [ˈsʌlki] 美 [ˈsʌlki]
adj. 生气的；阴沉的
名词复数:sulkies
- Someone who's sulky is gloomy, or quietly unhappy. A sulky teenager is generally not a lot of fun at a family party.
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- adj. 生气的；阴沉的
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1. A sulky young girl placed a pot of tea and two cups heavily on the table.
一个脸色不悦的年轻女孩重手重脚地在桌上放上了一壶茶和两个茶杯。
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2. 'Well, be off, then!' said the Pigeon in a sulky tone, as it settled down again into its nest.
“哼，那就滚开！” 鸽子生气地说着，同时又飞下去钻进它的窝里了。
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3. It's surely no great cause of alarm that Heathcliff should take a moonlight saunter on the moors, or even lie too sulky to speak to us in the hay-loft.
当然是没有值得大惊小怪的大事，希刺克厉夫没准在旷野上来一个月下散步，或者就躺在稻草的厩楼里，别扭得不想跟我们说话。
- sulky (adj.) "quietly sullen," 1744, of uncertain origin. Connection has been suggested to obsolete, rare sulke "hard to sell" (1630s) and to Old English asolcen "idle, lazy, slow," past-participle adjective from aseolcan "become sluggish, be weak or idle" (related to besylcan "be languid"), from Proto-Germanic *seklan (source also of Middle High German selken "to drop, fall"). But words of similar meaning often are held to be imitative (compare miff, mope, boudoir). Related: Sulkily; sulkiness.
- sulky (n.) "light carriage with two wheels," 1756, apparently a noun use of sulky (adj.), on notion of "standoffishness," because the carriage has room for only one person and obliges the rider to be alone.
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