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.
例文
1. He is a morose ,work-shy layabout.
彼は一日中しょんぼりしていて、ぶらぶらしている人だ。/
2.She just sat there looking morose .
彼女はそのまま陰気に座っていた。
3.She was morose ,pale,and reticent.
彼女は青ざめた顔をしていて、憂鬱で偏屈で、無口だ。/
4.He was silent and morose .
彼は無口で、鬱々としている。
5.Dick became morose and irritable,with the strain,Mary curiously silent.