"it was a humorless wink"; "a wink of warning"
同义词: humourless unhumorous
以上来源于: WordNet
ADJ If you accuse someone of being humourless, you mean that they are very serious about everything and do not find things amusing. 缺乏幽默感的; 非常严肃的 [表不满]
This man was as humourless as a dictionary.
这个男人像本字典一样一本正经。
Good design may not have to be funny, but it's hard to imagine something that could be called humorless also being good design.
好的设计不会总是很有趣,但难以想像一个被称为“好”的设计一丝幽默感没有。
Most corporations, on the other hand, only know how to talk in the soothing, humorless monotone of the mission statement, marketing brochure, and your-call-is-important-to-us busy signal.
另一方面,大部分企业,只知道如何以安抚的、一本正经的单调方式来与人交谈,他们只有目标宣言、营销小册子,以及“你的来电对我们很重要”之类的托辞。
She winked at me, but it was humorless; a wink of warning (Truman Capote).
她向我使了个眼色,但那一点儿也不幽默;一个警告的眼色(杜鲁门·卡波特)。
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