taciturn

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

Translation

adj. 習慣的に控えめで無口な

Example Sentences

Why do the aged tend to be taciturn?

なぜ高齢者は無口になりがちなのですか?

he is a reserved, almost taciturn man.

彼は控えめで、ほとんど無口な男です。

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

アリは最も勤勉な動物ですが、最も無口な動物でもあります。

Real-world Examples

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

しかし、これらの男たちは無口な連中で、言葉を慎重に選んでいた。

Source: Gone with the Wind

Mr. Fogg was as calm and taciturn as ever.

フォッグ氏はいつも通り冷静で無口だった。

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

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

若いジェファーソン・ホープは仲間たちと共に乗り続け、陰気で無口だった。

Source: A Study in Scarlet by Sherlock Holmes

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

彼は常に無口だったが、これはまったく別のことだった。

Source: A man named Ove decides to die.

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

彼は他の山の少年たちと変わらず、痩せていて無口で、話しづらかった。

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

The merchant, sitting opposite them, was taciturn.

彼らの向かいに座っていた商人は無口だった。

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

Julien was taciturn, and not unduly upset.

ジュリアンは無口で、過度に動揺しているわけではなかった。

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

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

彼は「無口な」少年だと言えるだろう。

Source: 2015 English Cafe

In a taciturn way she was happy to see Muriel.

彼女は無口な方法でミュリエルに会えて嬉しかった。

Source: Beauty and Destruction (Part 2)

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

「ドアのところにタクシーが来ている」と私たちの無口な仲間が言った。

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

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