英 [ˈsʌlən] 美 [ˈsʌlən]
adj. 愠怒的，不高兴的；（天气）阴沉的；沉闷的
sullen /ˈsʌlən/ CET6+ TEM4
形容词 Someone who is sullen is bad-tempered and does not speak much. 愤懑的
The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
这些罪犯陷入了愤懑的沉默。
... glum闷闷不乐的，忧郁的;阴沉的 sullen愠怒的，不高兴的 gloomy指愁眉苦脸，令他人也感到扫兴 ...
... sullen 愠怒的，不高兴的；（天气）阴沉的；沉闷的 sulky 生气的；阴沉的 sullenness 不高兴；情绪消沉 ...
... suitor 求婚者，（法律）原告 sullen 绷着脸不高兴的 sulphur 硫(磺)，硫黄 ...
... sullen 愠怒的，不高兴的；（天气）阴沉的；沉闷的 sulky 生气的；阴沉的 sullenness 不高兴；情绪消沉 ...
She gave him a sullen glare.
她满脸不高兴地瞪了他一眼。
Bob looked pale and sullen.
鲍勃脸色苍白，闷闷不乐。
The offenders lapsed into a sullen silence.
这些罪犯陷入了愤懑的沉默。
And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall,-- By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.
看着他的笑，我想起了阴沉压抑的礼堂-,看着他的笑，我想起了阴沉压抑的礼堂。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Reopen no old wounds. Be as if you had never returned and looked in to me to see my laboring humilities, my few scrubbed pennies, hungry to grab, quick to deprive, sullen, unloved, mean-minded son of my flesh. Son! Son!"
不要再来碰我的伤疤，像你从前没有回来看过我似的,来看我的辛苦和谦卑，看我被掏得一干二净的钱袋，饿了抢，急了打，我亲生的没有感情，冷酷自私的儿子！“
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Sullen and unremorseful, he even watched a pornographic movie the night before his scheduled execution.
What unites the three now, in Hoffa's mind anyway, is the sullen desperation of the excluded.
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That is the source of its cool, but also of its sullen capacity to annoy.