1530s "gloomy," from Latin morosus "morose, peevish, hypercritical, fastidious," from mos (genitive moris) "habit, custom" (see moral (adj.)). In English, manners by itself means "(good) manners," but here the implication in Latin is "(bad) manners." Related: Morosity.
权威例句
1. He is a morose, work-shy layabout.
他是个整天垂头丧气、游手好闲的人。
2. She just sat there looking morose.
她就那样阴郁地坐在那儿。
3. She was morose, pale, and reticent.
她面色苍白、忧郁孤僻,并且沉默寡言。
4. He was silent and morose.
他沉默寡言、郁郁寡欢.
5. Dick became morose and irritable , with the strain, Mary curiously silent.