taciturn

• adj. 沉默寡言的；無言的，不太說話的

來自 tacit,安靜的，-urn,形容詞後綴。引申詞義不苟言笑的。

taciturn (adj.)

"habitually silent," 1771, back-formation from taciturnity, or from French taciturne (15c.), from Latin taciturnus "not talkative, noiseless."

1. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.

他寡言少語，回答我的問題時隻是往外蹦單字。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The ant is the most industrious animal; however, it is the most taciturn one.

沒有任何動物比螞蟻更勤奮, 然而它卻最沉默寡言.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. But these men were a taciturn lot , picking their words carefully.

但是這些人都是沉默寡言的人, 說起話來字斟句酌,非常謹慎.

來自飄（部分）

4. He reverted to his old taciturn ways.

他又恢複了他的靜默寡言.

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子

5. Never talkative, he was even more taciturn now.

原先他就不喜歡說話, 現在更不愛開口了.

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子