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逆构词taciturnity,源自中古英语 taciturnite,源自拉丁语 taciturnitas;或者,源自法语 taciturne,得到了拉丁语 taciturnus的增强,源自tacitus (秘密的,缄默的)

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taciturn (比较级 more taciturn最高级 most taciturn)

  1. 沉默寡言的,不苟言笑
    The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.
    两姐妹简直天差地别,一个又吵闹又有表现力,另一个显得沉默寡言而文静。
    近义词:reticentuntalkative;亦参见Thesaurus:taciturn
    反义词:garrulousloquacious
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18:
      We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
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    • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—III”, 出自 Railway Magazine,第 14 页:
      We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.
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源自拉丁语 taciturnus

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taciturn (阴性 taciturna,阳性复数 taciturns,阴性复数 taciturnes)

  1. 沉默寡言的,不苟言笑

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法语 taciturne,源自拉丁语 taciturnus

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taciturn m n (阴性单数 taciturnă,阳性复数 taciturni,阴性和中性复数 taciturne)

  1. 沉默寡言的,不苟言笑

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