sulk

Word family

sulk1 /sʌlk/ verb [intransitiveI]

BAD-TEMPEREDto be silently angry and refuse to be friendly or discuss what is annoying or upsetting you – used to show disapproval 生闷气，怒〔含贬义〕

Nicola sulked all morning.

尼古拉一早上都在生闷气。

Examples from the Corpus

sulk• No, on second thoughts, I wasn't sulking.• What are you sulking about now?• You can't sit around sulking all day.• Madeleine, however, did not sulk for long.• He sulked, grateful only that he had not insisted on the iron mask, but had chosen the velvet one.• Mitchell could have sulked his way out of the league, which happens frequently.• It hurts, you know, but he wouldn't want me to sulk on it.• Tony was humming to himself as he drove along but Freddie sat silent, sulking over the raid that never was.• Cindy always sulks when I won't buy her any candy.

sulk2 noun [countableC]

BAD-TEMPEREDa time when someone is sulking 生闷气，怒

in/into a sulk

Mike could go into a sulk that would last for days.

迈克会连续好几天生闷气。

She’s having a sulk.

她在生闷气。

the sulks

a fit of the sulks

一阵怒

Examples from the Corpus

sulk• The attendant, now adding a sulk to his sullenness, had shuffled off to the kitchen area.• His scowl wedded to her sulks, eh?• But it was silly to go into a major sulk.• His face was sallow, his lips curled down in a perpetual sulk.

in/into a sulk• I am in a sulk, a stormy silence, I hardly know why.• The firm lips pouted in a sulk.

Origin sulk

(1700-1800) sulky

sulk1 verbsulk2 noun

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