[He was] a solemn, unsmiling, sanctimonious old iceberg who looked like he was waiting for a vacancy in the Trinity.
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adj. 莊嚴的，嚴肅的;莊重的;隆重的，神圣的;猶豫的，陰沉的;
?? sol(alone)+emn(形容詞后綴)→嚴肅；莊重的；嚴重的
"Her face grew solemn."
她的臉顯得嚴肅起來。
近義：heavy, weighty, serious, dignified
反義：inane, irrational, laughable, ludicrous, absurd, preposterous
adj. 假裝圣潔的;
?? sanctimon=sanctimony假裝的虔誠 +ious ...的 → adj. 假裝虔誠的；假裝圣潔的；假裝誠實的
"You sanctimonious little hypocrite!"
你這個道貌岸然的偽君子！
近義：prudish, bigot, bigoted, priggish
n. 冰山;（事物全貌的）一小部分;冷若冰霜的人;
?? ice冰+berg冰山 → 冷冰冰的人
"The Titanic met her fate by crashing into a huge iceberg."
泰坦尼克號客輪因撞上一個大冰山而沉沒.
近義：floe, growler
n. 空缺;空虛;空白;空位;
?? vac空+ancy性質，狀況 →空白，空缺
"Her going on maternity leave will create a temporary vacancy."
她休產假時將會有一個臨時空缺.
近義：opening, slot, severance, ceasing, cessation, dismissal
unsmiling
[['?n'smaili?]]
a. 不笑的, 面無笑容的, 嚴肅的
近義：humorless, humourless, mirthless, morose, pettish, petulant