taciturn

adj.

1. 不苟言笑的；沉默寡言的；缄默不语的
   tending not to say very much, in a way that seems unfriendly

1. ADJ-GRADED 寡言少语的;沉默寡言的;不苟言笑的
   A taciturn person does not say very much and can seem unfriendly.
   1. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.
      他寡言少语，回答我的问题时只是往外蹦单字。

1. A taciturn man, he replied to my questions in monosyllables.
   他不爱说话，对我的问题一两个字就打发掉了。
2. The interviewer was of the serious, taciturn type, but I could tell the answer registered.
   面试官是那种不苟言笑的类型，不过我敢说我的回答很合他意。
3. Mother habitually cautioned me not to talk so much, wanting me to be a taciturn, smooth and steady youngster.
   我母亲经常提醒我少说话，她希望我能做一个沉默寡言、安稳大方的孩子。
4. He had to be reliable, taciturn – and available for a few hundred yuan.
   他必须可靠、沉默寡言，另外价钱要在几百元左右。
5. A taciturn man in a black SUV started buying up tracts of arid agricultural land around this small town in the western Indian state of Rajasthan in 2009.
   2009年，一名坐在黑色运动型多用途车（简称SUV）内的沉默男子开始在印度西部拉贾斯坦邦的小镇戈拉耶德（Kolayat）周边购买大片干旱贫瘠的农用土地。
6. He was a reserved, taciturn person when I first knew him.
   我刚认识他时，他是个矜持而沉默的人。
7. Old and young, talkative and taciturn, rich planter and sallow cracker, they all had two things in common, lice and dysentery.
   年老和年轻的，健谈的和沉默的，富农和森林地带憔悴的穷白人，他们都有两种共同的东西，既虱子和痢疾。
8. Cameron seemed unusually downcast and taciturn.
   卡梅伦似乎特别沮丧，沉默寡言。
9. Any part are important to them as you can give others the impression of taciturn but you can never make others think you are lazy.
   你可以给人留下一个沉默寡言的形象，但是绝对不可以让别人感觉到你很懒惰！
10. Since the fox is a taciturn competitor, we cannot directly ask it for forecasting tips.
    因为狐狸不怎么说话，我们不能直接问它预测的诀窍。
11. He reverted to his old taciturn ways.
    他又恢复了他的静默寡言。
12. I am taciturn, because of being tacit.
    谢谢每一个在身边关心我的人。
13. "At the Council board he was taciturn; and in the House of Lords he never opened his lips"( Macaulay).
    “在众议院他沉默寡言；在参议院中他从不开口”：（麦考莱）。
14. He was quiet, almost taciturn, young man.
    他是个沉默寡言，几乎是不爱说话的年轻人。
15. Normally taciturn, with her he felt like saying all sorts of things.
    他的口不大爱说话，见了她，他愿意随便的说；
16. He is the general name of the soldier, strong and stocky, taciturn.
    他是名普通的士兵，黑壮敦实，沉默寡言。
17. Taciturn miller, Night falls on you face downward, far from the city.
    无言的磨坊主，夜色落到你脸上，远离都市。
18. He was taciturn and unsociable, and rarely spoke to you.
    他总是不声不响，冷冰冰的，难得跟你交谈。
19. Both are rebels from Korea's crippling and prohibitively expensive treadmill of education, marriage and family, hailed as the be-all and end-all by the taciturn older generation.
    他们都是韩国教育、婚姻和家庭单调模式的反叛者，而在缄默的老一代人看来，这些危害深重、费用高昂的模式乃是人生的最终目标。
20. During the early morning ride from the suburb, we sat drowsily with our collars up to our ears, a cheerless and taciturn bunch.
    一大清早我们就从郊区开始坐车，我们把衣领高竖到耳朵上，懒洋洋的坐在那，一群沉闷的，没有言语的人。
21. The ant is the most industrious animal, however it is the most taciturn one.
    没有任何动物比蚂蚁更勤奋，然而却最沉默寡言。
22. After opposing to the malady a taciturn resistance for a day or two, he was obliged to keep in his chamber.
    他同疾病不声不响地对抗了一两天后，不得不待在屋里，不能出来。
23. He was described as reserved and taciturn.
    他被描绘为一个沉默寡言的人。
24. They could not every day sit so grim and taciturn;
    他们不能每天都这么阴沉缄默地坐着吧。
25. At the council broad he was taciturn and never opened his lips.
    那天在委员会开会的时候他沉默寡言。
26. Although unfriendly and taciturn, Azer rarely provoke a fight except to relieve a foe of much-treasured gems.
    尽管火矮人沉默寡言而且并不友善，但是他们却很少主动挑起战斗除非对手身上拥有大量的财宝。
27. Even so, the first two days we arrived in Egypt, and before boarding the ship, I had remained as taciturn as a wall.
    即便如此，在到埃及最初的两天、还没登上游艇的时候，我总是木讷地像堵墙一般。
28. Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn.
    小杰弗逊·侯波和他的伙伴们骑着马继续前进。
29. But these men were a taciturn lot, picking their words carefully.
    但是这些人都是沉默寡言的人，说起话来字斟句酌，非常谨慎。

adj

1. habitually reserved and uncommunicative