saturnine

• adj. 憂鬱的；陰沉的；鉛中毒的；沉默寡言的

來自 Saturn,土星，-ine,形容詞後綴。受中世紀科學知識的局限，天海冥三星尚未發現，土星 被認為是最遠的行星，在當時的星象學，占星師認為在土星座出生的孩子，由於遠離太陽缺 少陽光，性格會比較陰沉冷淡，因而引申詞義陰沉的，令人生畏的。比較 jovial,開朗的，歡 樂的，來自 Jupiter,木星，羅馬主神朱庇特，歡樂神，字麵意思為在木星座出生的孩子。

saturnine (adj.)

"gloomy, morose, sluggish, grave," mid-15c., literally "born under the influence of the planet Saturn," from Middle English Saturne (see Saturn) + -ine (1). Medieval physiology believed these characteristics to be caused by the astrological influence of the planet Saturn, which was the most remote from the Sun (in the limited knowledge of the times) and thus coldest and slowest in its revolution.

1. He had a rather forbidding, saturnine manner.

他的舉止相當乖戾陰鬱，令人望而生畏。

來自辭典例句

2. The face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips seemed to be twisted with disdain.

他皮膚黝黑, 麵帶譏諷表情,嘴裏叼著煙鬥,是個韃靼人.

來自互聯網