
taciturn /ts..trn/(形容词)
沉默寡言的;不爱说话的。形容一个人性格内向、话少,习惯性地不主动开口交流。
He was a taciturn man who rarely spoke at dinner.
他是个沉默寡言的人,吃饭时很少说话。
Despite her taciturn nature, she expressed herself beautifully through her paintings, revealing emotions that words could never capture.
尽管她性格沉默寡言,却通过画作优美地表达自我,传递出言语无法捕捉的情感。
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源自拉丁语 taciturnус,由 tacitus(沉默的)派生而来,而 tacitus 又来自动词 tacēre,意为"沉默、不说话"。该词经由法语 taciturne 传入英语,自16世纪起开始使用,一直保留着"沉默寡言"的核心含义。