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单词 sulk
释义
sulk1 verbsulk2 noun
sulksulk1 /sʌlk/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsulk
Origin:
1700-1800 sulky
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
sulk
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theysulk
he, she, itsulks
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theysulked
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave sulked
he, she, ithas sulked
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad sulked
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill sulk
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have sulked
Continuous Form
PresentIam sulking
he, she, itis sulking
you, we, theyare sulking
PastI, he, she, itwas sulking
you, we, theywere sulking
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been sulking
he, she, ithas been sulking
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been sulking
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be sulking
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been sulking
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Cindy always sulks when I won't buy her any candy.
  • What are you sulking about now?
  • You can't sit around sulking all day.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • He sulked, grateful only that he had not insisted on the iron mask, but had chosen the velvet one.
  • It hurts, you know, but he wouldn't want me to sulk on it.
  • Madeleine, however, did not sulk for long.
  • Mitchell could have sulked his way out of the league, which happens frequently.
  • No, on second thoughts, I wasn't sulking.
  • Tony was humming to himself as he drove along but Freddie sat silent, sulking over the raid that never was.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorunfriendly and quiet because you are angry
someone who is sullen behaves in a bad-tempered, unfriendly way and does not smile or talk much to people: · Dick just sat there with a sullen expression on his face, refusing to speak.· The secretary was sullen and uncooperative.
someone who is sulky has an angry, unhappy look on their face and does not talk much, especially because they think they have been treated unfairly: · On the drive home, Maria was sulky and said very little.· William was a sulky little boy who seemed to care for nothing except his video games.
also be in a sulk British if someone sulks , they are deliberately silent and bad-tempered for a period of time, because something has annoyed them, or because they think that they have been treated unfairly: · Cindy always sulks when I won't buy her any candy.· You can't sit around sulking all day.sulk about something: · What are you sulking about now?
to be silently angry and refuse to be friendly or discuss what is annoying or upsetting you – used to show disapproval:  Nicola sulked all morning.
sulk1 verbsulk2 noun
sulksulk2 noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But it was silly to go into a major sulk.
  • His face was sallow, his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk.
  • His scowl wedded to her sulks, eh?
  • The attendant, now adding a sulk to his sullenness, had shuffled off to the kitchen area.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 She’s having a sulk.
a time when someone is sulkingin/into a sulk Mike could go into a sulk that would last for days. She’s having a sulk.the sulks a fit of the sulks
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