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taciturn

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逆構詞taciturnity,源自中古英語 taciturnite,源自拉丁語 taciturnitas;或者,源自法語 taciturne,得到了拉丁語 taciturnus的增強,源自tacitus (秘密的,緘默的)

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taciturn (比較級 more taciturn最高級 most taciturn)

  1. 沉默寡言的,不苟言笑
    The two sisters could hardly have been more different, one so boisterous and expressive, the other so taciturn and calm.
    兩姐妹簡直天差地別,一個又吵鬧又有表現力,另一個顯得沉默寡言而文靜。
    近義詞:reticentuntalkative;亦參見Thesaurus:taciturn
    反義詞:garrulousloquacious
    • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 18:
      We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the eclat of a proverb.
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    • 1945 January and February, A Former Pupil, 「Some Memories of Crewe Works—III」, 出自 Railway Magazine,第 14 頁:
      We spent a lot of time up on the staging of the great furnaces, trying to pick up the tricks of the trade from the taciturn furnacemen who sat around placidly smoking, or chewing twist, and occasionally throwing in more pig iron to the molten white-hot metal.
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源自拉丁語 taciturnus

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taciturn (陰性 taciturna,陽性複數 taciturns,陰性複數 taciturnes)

  1. 沉默寡言的,不苟言笑

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法語 taciturne,源自拉丁語 taciturnus

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taciturn m n (陰性單數 taciturnă,陽性複數 taciturni,陰性和中性複數 taciturne)

  1. 沉默寡言的,不苟言笑

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