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be in a sulk
表示闷闷不乐的状态。
She's been in a sulk all morning.
她整个上午都在生闷气。
生闷气；闷闷不乐
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生闷气；闷闷不乐
a state or fit of sulking; a sulky mood
She's been in a sulk all morning.
她整个上午都在生闷气。
生闷气的状态。
A state of sulking.
犁沟。
A furrow.
一阵生闷气；闷闷不乐的情绪。
A fit of sulking; a sulking mood.
爱生闷气的人。
A person who sulks
After being told off, she sat in a sulk and refused to speak.
被训斥后，她坐在那儿生闷气，不肯说话。
He often has a sulk when his football team loses.
他的足球队输球时，他常常闹别扭。
The little boy's sulks usually end as soon as you offer him a snack.
这个小男孩的闷气通常你一给他零食就消了。
表示闷闷不乐的状态。
She's been in a sulk all morning.
她整个上午都在生闷气。
强调进入生闷气的状态。
He went into a sulk when he didn't get his way.
他没能随心所欲，就生起闷气来。
the sulks 是复数形式，表示一阵闷闷不乐。
The child has the sulks because she can't go out to play.
那个孩子因为不能出去玩而闹别扭。
Not this
He is in sulk.
Use this
He is in a sulk.
sulk 作名词指“一阵生闷气”时是可数名词，英语习惯说 in a sulk，不能像中文“生闷气”那样直接作表语；必须加上不定冠词 a 才符合语法和搭配。
Not this
She has the sulk.
Use this
She has the sulks.
表示“闹别扭、闷闷不乐”的固定说法是 the sulks，sulk 要用复数形式；用单数 the sulk 不符合这条固定搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
在生闷气；闷闷不乐
She stayed in her room in a sulk after losing the game.
输掉比赛后，她闷闷不乐地待在房间里。
生闷气；闹情绪
Don't have a sulk; it was only a joke.
别生闷气了，那只是个玩笑。
变得闷闷不乐；闹别扭
He gets the sulks whenever he loses at chess.
他一下棋输了就闷闷不乐。
开始生闷气；陷入闷闷不乐
She went into a sulk when her plan was rejected.
当她的计划被否决时，她开始生闷气。
一阵闷气；一阵不高兴
After being scolded, the child had a fit of sulks.
被责骂后，那孩子闹了一阵子别扭。
生着闷气；闷闷不乐地
She stayed in her room in a sulk after the argument.
争吵之后，她闷闷不乐地待在房间里。
生闷气；闹别扭
He went to bed without dinner and had a sulk.
他没吃晚饭就去睡了，还生了顿闷气。
一阵闷气；闷闷不乐的情绪
The child often gets the sulks when he is tired.
这孩子累的时候常常闷闷不乐。
你就坐在那儿生闷气。
From the Radiohead song "Sulk" (1995) on the album The Bends, this sarcastic line criticises someone who does nothing but sit and nurse their resentment.
出自电台司令乐队1995年专辑《The Bends》中的歌曲《Sulk》，这句讽刺的歌词批评某人只会坐在那儿生闷气。
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联想：sulk 读似“丧客”，一个丧着脸的客人正闷闷不乐地生闷气。
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、家人或朋友间描述情绪、非正式叙述 sulk 作名词时表示“生闷气的状态”或“一阵闷闷不乐”，相对口语化，多用于日常对话或非正式叙述。常见搭配如 be in a sulk、have a sulk，用来描述某人因不满而沉默不悦。
与 bulk、hulk、skulk 押韵（/ʌlk/）。注意 silk、milk 拼写相似但元音为 /ɪ/，不押韵。
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