Dour

(adj.) harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; 'a dour, self-sacrificing life'; 'a forbidding scowl'; 'a grim man loving duty more than humanity'; 'undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw'- J.M.Barrie .

录入:沃尔特

• He held my friend's card in his hand, and he looked up with no very pleased expression upon his dour features. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Thornton's as dour as a door-nail; an obstinate chap, every inch on him,--th' oud bulldog! 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• The boy had naturally a low, plaintive voice, which in his dour moods rose scarcely above a lady's whisper. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

录入:库尔特