taciturn

[US]/ˈtæsɪtɜːn/
[UK]/ˈtæsɪtɜːrn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. szokásosan tartózkodó és nem kommunikatív

Example Sentences

Why do the aged tend to be taciturn?

Miért hajlamosak a időskorúak csendesnek lenni?

he is a reserved, almost taciturn man.

Ő egy visszafogott, majdnem csendes ember.

The ant is the most industrious animal; however, it is the most taciturn one.

A hangya a legmunkásabb állat; azonban ő az énkelőbb.

Real-world Examples

But these men were a taciturn lot, picking their words carefully.

De ezek az emberek hallgatag emberek voltak, óvatosan választva szavaikat.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Mr. Fogg was as calm and taciturn as ever.

Mr. Fogg ugyanolyan nyugodt és hallgatag volt, mint mindig.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

Young Jefferson Hope rode on with his companions, gloomy and taciturn.

Ifjú Jefferson Hope hallgatagon és szomorúan utazott tovább társai között.

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

He'd always been taciturn, but this was something quite different.

Mindig hallgatag volt, de ez teljesen más dolog volt.

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

He was no different from the other mountain boys, lean and taciturn, hard to talk to.

Nem volt más a többi hegyi fiúknál, sovány és hallgatag, nehéz vele beszélni.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 3

The merchant, sitting opposite them, was taciturn.

A kereskedő, akinek ellenkező oldalán ült, hallgatag volt.

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

Julien was taciturn, and not unduly upset.

Julien hallgatag volt, és nem volt túlzottan zavarodva.

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

He was what we might describe as a " taciturn" boy.

Ez az a fiú volt, akinek hallgatagnak lehettek nevezni.

Source: 2015 English Cafe

In a taciturn way she was happy to see Muriel.

Hallgatag módon örült, hogy Murielt látja.

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

" I have a cab at the door, " said our taciturn companion.

"Van egy kocsim az ajtónál," mondta hallgatag társunk.

Source: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: New Cases (Part Two)

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