| 单词 | in one's sulks |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin one's sulks a. plural. A state of ill-humour or resentment marked by obstinate silence or aloofness from society. Often with the and in in the sulks (occasionally in one's sulks); also to take (the) sulks (Scottish), to turn sulky. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [noun] > moroseness or sulking morosity1534 dort1632 moroseness1653 surliness1700 sulkiness1760 sulk1792 sulks1805 sulking1880 mard1998 1805 J. Grahame Sabbath (ed. 2) 149 A child of about ten months old took sulk, and would not eat. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) We use also, as a colloquial term, to be in the sulks; which formerly was, in the sullens. 1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline I. 177 A fit of the sulks. 1831 C. C. F. Greville Mem. 8 Dec. (1874) II. 224 I never had the advantage of seeing the Chancellor before in his sulks. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvii. 268 Her pretty sulks and peevishness. 1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxxi. 2 The child..frets and worries,..or sinks into sulks. 1890 D. Davidson Mem. Long Life iv. 93 Ram Bukhs took the sulks. 1894 W. E. Norris St. Ann's II. 208 When you are tired of being in the sulks, let me know. < as lemmas |
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