Word · Frequency #15549
sulk
生闷气；愠怒；绷着脸
to be silent and refuse to talk or smile because you are angry or upset
- 1.
To express ill humor or offence by remaining sullenly silent or withdrawn.
闷闷不乐地沉默或回避,以表示不快或生气。
闷闷不乐地沉默或回避,以表示不快或生气。；不高兴；闷闷不乐；不悦；生气
In use
She didn't say a word all evening; she just sat in the corner and sulked.
Stop sulking and tell me what's wrong.
He often sulks when he doesn't get his way.
sulk about/over sth
后接名词或动名词，说明不高兴的原因。
She sulked about being criticized in front of her colleagues.
她因为当着同事的面被批评而生闷气。
sulk + adverbial (e.g. in silence, in one's room)
常与地点或方式状语连用，强调独自沉默退避的状态。
He sulked in silence rather than discuss the problem.
他闷声不响地生闷气，而不去谈论这个问题。
sulk at sb
表示对某人不快，常带有孩子气的意味。
Don't sulk at me—I didn't mean to offend you.
别对我生闷气——我不是有意冒犯你。
Verb forms
base sulk · third person sulks · -ing sulking · past sulked · past participle sulked
sulk 指因生气或不快而沉默、回避，常带小孩气。
Common mistakes
She sulked her boyfriend because he was late.She sulked at her boyfriend because he was late.
sulk 是不及物动词，不能直接带宾语；要表达“对某人生闷气”时，需在对象前加介词 at。
He was sulk all afternoon.He was sulking all afternoon.
sulk 是动词，不是形容词；表示“闷闷不乐”的状态时，应该用现在分词 sulking 作表语，而不能用动词原形 sulk。
Connections
Collocations
- sulk in silence
- 闷不吭声地生闷气
- She sulked in silence instead of telling him what was wrong.她没有告诉他哪里不对，只是闷不吭声地生闷气。
- sulk in one's room
- 在自己房间里生闷气
- He sulked in his room all afternoon after being scolded.他挨了骂后，整个下午都在自己房间里生闷气。
- sulk over something
- 因为某事生闷气
- Don't sulk over a small mistake; just try again.别因为一个小错误生闷气，再试一次就好。
- go off and sulk
- 走开去生闷气
- Instead of talking, she went off and sulked.她没有交谈，而是走开去生闷气了。
- sulk like a child
- 像孩子一样生闷气
- Stop sulking like a child and tell me what's wrong.别像孩子一样生闷气了，告诉我怎么了。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：sulk 里的“u”像一张撅起的嘴，l-k 像低头走开的身影——闷闷不乐、沉默不语。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话或一般叙述、家人、朋友间闹情绪时 该义项是普通日常用词，口语和书面语中都会出现，多用于描述因不快而沉默、回避的样子；在非常正式的写作中较少见，但并非粗俗语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
sulk /sʌlk/ 与 bulk /bʌlk/、hulk /hʌlk/、skulk /skʌlk/ 押韵，韵尾都是 /ʌlk/。注意 silk /sɪlk/ 和 milk /mɪlk/ 拼写类似，但元音是 /ɪ/，与 sulk 不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.