单词 | saturnine |
释义 | saturnine From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsaturninesat‧ur‧nine /ˈsætənaɪn $ -ər-/ adjective literarySERIOUS PERSONlooking sad and serious, especially in a threatening way his lean saturnine faceExamples from the Corpussaturnine• For those of melancholy or saturnine disposition, the means had to be found for inducing receptivity toward Jovian or solar influx.• a dark, saturnine expression• And wasn't there something about Fox with his saturnine face and dark, watchful eyes?• The tech was a rather saturnine individual who never spoke an unnecessary word.• Actually she was every bit as curious about the saturnine mystery man as Candy.Origin saturnine (1400-1500) Old French saturnin, from Medieval Latin saturninus “influenced by the planet Saturn” |
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