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单词 saturnine
释义
saturninesat‧ur‧nine /ˈsætənaɪn $ -ər-/ adjective literary Word Origin
WORD ORIGINsaturnine
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French saturnin, from Medieval Latin saturninus ‘influenced by the planet Saturn’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a dark, saturnine expression
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Actually she was every bit as curious about the saturnine mystery man as Candy.
  • And wasn't there something about Fox with his saturnine face and dark, watchful eyes?
  • For those of melancholy or saturnine disposition, the means had to be found for inducing receptivity toward Jovian or solar influx.
  • The tech was a rather saturnine individual who never spoke an unnecessary word.
looking sad and serious, especially in a threatening way:  his lean saturnine face
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