no obj.
- be silent, morose, and bad-tempered out of annoyance or disappointment（因生气、失望而）不说话, 愠怒, 郁闷：
he was sulking over the break-up of his band.
他正因自己乐队解散而闷闷不乐。
- a period of gloomy and bad-tempered silence stemming from annoyance and resentment生气, 愠怒：
she was in a fit of the sulks.
她在生闷气。
派生词
sulker
noun词源
late 18th cent.: perhaps a back-formation from SULKY.