| 单词 | sulk |
| 释义 | sulk (once / 868 pages) vn When you are displeased by something and you let your gloomy mood show, you're sulking. Do you want to bake another cake, or are you going to sulk all day about the one you dropped? When you say someone sulks, the tone of the word suggests the person is overdoing it. You wouldn't accuse a widow of sulking at her husband's funeral, because she has a good reason to be sad and gloomy. Instead of sulking because you messed up your tuba solo during the concert, why not put your energy into practice? Or switch to violin. WORD FAMILYsulk: sulked, sulking, sulks, sulky+/sulkiness: sulkinesses/sulky: sulkier, sulkies, sulkiest, sulkily, sulkiness USAGE EXAMPLESRather than hide in an undisclosed destination to sulk, they leaned on their buds to cheer them up. Golf Digest(Dec 18, 2016) There really was no reason for me to sulk, but I sulked for the rest of the afternoon. The New Yorker(Nov 24, 2016) Sonia sulks around her parents’ Paris apartment like any adolescent who has been grounded, but her predicament is a matter of national security. The New Yorker(Nov 23, 2016) 1v be in a huff and display one's displeasure Syn|Hypo brood, pout brood, grizzle, stew be in a huff; be silent or sullen 2n a mood or display of sullen aloofness or withdrawal stayed home in a sulk Syn|Hyper sulkiness humor, humour, mood, temper a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling |
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