# taciturn ##### 词义 - 英：/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/； 美：/ˈtæsɪtɜːrn/ - #词性/adj 沉默寡言的；不苟言笑的；缄默不语的 ##### 例句 - I 'll find myself sitting cross-legged next to a taciturn Swedish engineer , a heavily tattooed4 biker , or another migrant – a computer programmer from Chennai – as our children play with the wooden blocks , rattles5 and drums . - 盘腿坐在那儿，我会发现旁边要不就是一个沉默寡言的瑞典工程师、要么是一个纹身很重的摩托车手、或是一个来自印度金奈的程序员移民，我们的小孩儿就在那儿玩积木、拨浪鼓和手鼓。 - But these men were a taciturn lot , picking their words carefully . - 但是这些人都是沉默寡言的人，说起话来字斟句酌，非常谨慎。 - A taciturn man , he replied to my questions in monosyllables . - 他不爱说话，对我的问题一两个字就打发掉了。