"quietly sullen," 1744, of uncertain origin. Connection has been suggested to obsolete, rare sulke "hard to sell" (1630s) and to Old English asolcen "idle, lazy, slow," past participle adjective from aseolcan "become sluggish, be weak or idle" (related to besylcan "be languid"), from Proto-Germanic *seklan (cognates: Middle High German selken "to drop, fall"). But words of similar meaning often are held to be imitative (compare miff, mope, boudoir). Related: Sulkily; sulkiness.
sulky (n.)
"light carriage with two wheels," 1756, apparently a noun use of sulky (adj.), on notion of "standoffishness," because the carriage has room for only one person and obliges the rider to be alone.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. I was quite sulky, so I didn't take part in much.
我很煩，所以沒(méi)有積極參與。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Sarah had looked sulky all morning.
薩拉一上午都不高興地板著臉。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. She brought along a couple of sulky looking kids.
她帶來(lái)幾個(gè)臉色慍怒的孩子.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. Young girls sometimes become sulky because they are jealous.