taciturn
taciturn 英 [ˈtæsɪtɜ:n] 美 [ˈtæsɪtɜrn]
adj. 沉默寡言的；无言的，不太说话的
名词复数:taciturns
- Someone who is taciturn is reserved, not loud and talkative. The word itself refers to the trait of reticence, of seeming aloof and uncommunicative. A taciturn person might be snobby, naturally quiet, or just shy.
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- adj. 沉默寡言的；无言的，不太说话的
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1. We took a floatplane to the trail head. Our taciturn guide pointed out that it was this robust aircraft that had helped to open up the wilderness in the Fifties.
我们乘坐一架水上飞机来到小道的顶端，沉默寡言的导游指着飞机说，五十年代人们正是在这种飞机的得力帮助下开拓荒野。
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2. He may be in Venezuela or working as a suspiciously taciturn short-order chef in a falafel bar in Tripoli.
他也许在委内瑞拉，或是乔装成的黎波里某个快餐店里沉默寡言的厨师。
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3. In her experience, wrestlers were brave, taciturn, geeky, beetle-browed, polite, and not afraid of female jocks.
照帕蒂的经验来看，摔跤手们是些勇敢、不爱说话，不怎么讨人喜欢但有礼貌的男孩，总是皱着眉头，也不害怕大学女运动员。
- taciturn (adj.) "habitually silent," 1771, back-formation from taciturnity, or from French taciturne (15c.), from Latin taciturnus "not talkative, noiseless."
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