To make ill - tempered or sullen.

对…挑剔；抱怨使坏脾气的或不高兴的。

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But to no one would she grant her confidence, answering all taunts with bitter sarcasm, and all serious expostulation with sullen denial, or with floods of tears.

可是她对谁都不吐露真情，她用辛辣的讽刺回击一切嘲弄；而对认真的规劝，不是矢口否认就是泪如泉涌。

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To look angry, sullen, or threatening.

威胁，阴沉，或生气的样子。

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