Why do the aged tend to be taciturn?

We got into Ned's car without another word. It wasn't like Ned to be so taciturn.

我们没再说什么就进了内德的小汽车, 内德平时可不是像这样沉默寡言的.

Dinitz had replaced the taciturn Yitzhak Rabin in March.

三月里,迪尼茨接替了沉默寡言的伊扎克·拉宾所担任的职务.

At the council broad he was taciturn and never opened his lips.

董事会上,他三缄其口,没有发言.

At the council broad he taciturn and never opened his lips.

在会议桌上他沉默寡言,从没张开嘴巴.

I behold the moon goddess, so beautiful , ho , only she's so sad and taciturn.

睇素娥之嬛嬛兮唯戚戚而寂寂 ﹒.

He talked very little, and seemed all the more mysterious for his taciturn manner.

他极少说话, 而他沉默寡言的举止似乎使他更神秘了.

Never talkative, he was even more taciturn now.

原先他就不喜欢说话, 现在更不爱开口了.

It was only a substantial meal that could induce in him even a passing taciturnity.

只有实实在在的一顿饭才能使他暂时缄口无言.

Tack them together with a 1.5 cm seam...

用 1.5 厘米的针脚将它们暂时缝上。

You would better tack down the edge of the carpet.

你最好把地毯的边缘用钉子固定住.

He had tacked this note to her door...

他用图钉将这张便条钉在她的门上。

His thoughts wandered off on another tack .

他离开了原来的思路。

They were sailing on (a) port/starboard tack (= with the wind coming from the left/right side) .

他们正在左 / 右舷戗风行使。

Our last trip involved a coastal passage, tacking east against wind and current...

我们上次旅行时曾经沿着海岸，逆着风浪向东曲折航行。

I decided to take a different tack.

我决定换一种策略.

It was a brave decision to change tack in the middle of the project.

在项目进行过程当中改变方针是个大胆的决定。

The poems were tacked on at the end of the book.

这几首诗给附在书的末尾。

If you can't persuade him, try a new tack.

如果你不能劝服他, 那就试试新的方法吧.

a complete change of tack

方法的完全改变

That line didn't seem to register, so I took another tack.

看来这种说法不能引起他的注意, 我就采取另一种策略.