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taciturn 音标拼音: [t'æsɪt ,ɚn] a. 沉默寡言的,不太说话的,无言的 沈默寡言的,不太说话的,无言的 taciturn adj 1: habitually reserved and uncommunicative [ ant: { voluble}] Taciturn \ Tac" i* turn\, a. [ L. taciturnus: cf. F. taciturne. See { Tacit}.] Habitually silent; not given to converse; not apt to talk or speak. -- { Tac" i* turn* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Silent; reserved. Usage: { Taciturn}, { Silent}. Silent has reference to the act; taciturn, to the habit. A man may be silent from circumstances; he is taciturn from disposition. The loquacious man is at times silent; one who is taciturn may now and then make an effort at conversation. [ 1913 Webster] 61 Moby Thesaurus words for " taciturn": Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, aposiopestic, brief, brooding, brusque, clipped, close, close- lipped, close- tongued, closemouthed, compact, compendious, compressed, concise, condensed, contracted, crisp, curt, cut, docked, dour, dumb, economical of words, elliptic, epigrammatic, gnomic, indisposed to talk, laconic, mum, mute, pithy, pointed, pruned, quiet, reserved, reticent, sententious, short, short and sweet, shortened, silent, snug, sparing of words, speechless, succinct, summary, synopsized, terse, tight, tight- lipped, to the point, tongue- tied, truncated, uncommunicative, unexpressive, unloquacious, untalkative, word- bound, wordless |
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