Among them, silent and taciturn, squatted five white-robed Arabs, securely bound and under heavy guard.

中五名身穿白袍的阿拉伯人，被严严实实地绑起来，在重兵看守之下，沉默寡言地蹲着。

Waddington said nothing more, in fact he became strangely taciturn, and soon after dinner he left them.

沃丁顿没再说什么， 实他变得出奇地沉默寡言，晚饭后不久他就离开了他们。

Her mind was a store-house of innocuous anecdote and any question about her acquaintances brought forth a volume of detail; but on the subject of Ethan Frome I found her unexpectedly reticent.

她的脑里装满了无伤大雅的轶，任她的熟人的问题都会浮现出大量的细节。但在伊桑·弗洛姆这个话题，我发现她出乎意料地沉默寡言。