sulk
verb[I]
disapprovinguk/sʌlk/us/sʌlk/to besilentandrefusetosmileor bepleasanttopeoplebecause you areangryabout something that they have done:
生闷气；愠怒He's sulking in hisroombecause I wouldn'tlethim have any morechocolate.因为我不让他再吃巧克力了，他正在自己房间里生闷气呢。
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poutverb
broodverb
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a stateidiom
- beatyourbreast/chestidiom
- beetroot
- crimson
- fling upyourhandsidiom
- flush
- freak
- freak(someone)out
- game face
- go/turn beetroot (red)idiom
- pale
- pine
- roar
- sook
- spill
- spill out
- switchsomethingon
- throw upyourhands in horror/despairidiom
sulk
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/sʌlk/us/sʌlk/aperiodoftimewhen someonerefusestosmileor bepleasantbecause they areangryabout something:
生闷气；愠怒If she doesn't get what shewantsshegoes into asulk just like achild.如果她得不到自己想要的东西，她就会像个小孩儿一样生闷气。
Hespentthewholedayina sulk.他一整天都在生闷气。
Expressing and showing feelings
- abandon
- affective
- be in/get into a stateidiom
- beatyourbreast/chestidiom
- beetroot
- crimson
- fling upyourhandsidiom
- flush
- freak
- freak(someone)out
- game face
- go/turn beetroot (red)idiom
- pale
- pine
- roar
- sook
- spill
- spill out
- switchsomethingon
- throw upyourhands in horror/despairidiom
sulky
adjectiveuk/ˈsʌlk.i/us/ˈsʌlk.i/
Shebroughtalong acoupleof sulkykidswho didn't say a word thewholetime.