悶著不講話這個行為
這是畫面本身，還沒有被包裝成時間或人。
verb · B2
To stay silent and unfriendly for a while because you are angry or upset, instead of saying what is wrong or talking the problem through.
生悶氣、鬧脾氣
核心畫面
Picture anger with the sound switched off. Someone is upset, but instead of shouting or explaining, they close their face, answer in one word, and take themselves to the edge of the room. The silence is doing the talking, and everyone present can feel it. That one picture covers all three uses: the behaviour itself is the verb, the stretch of time it fills is the noun, and the person who keeps doing it is the third use. Because the word already suggests that words would have been better, it always carries a little .
sulk 可以想成一種「把聲音關掉的生氣」。人不高興，可是不吵也不說，臉一拉，話只回一個字，然後自己走到旁邊去。真正…更多收起
sulk 可以想成一種「把聲音關掉的生氣」。人不高興，可是不吵也不說，臉一拉，話只回一個字，然後自己走到旁邊去。真正在講話的是那份沉默，而在場的人都感覺得到。這一個畫面就撐起三個用法：那個行為是動詞，那段時間是名詞，常常這樣做的那個人是第三個用法。也因為這個字暗示著「有話應該講出來」，它一直帶著一點不贊成。From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary entry calls sulk a back-formation from sulky and says the origin is uncertain, possibly connected to an Old English word for being slow, slack or without energy. Because the source itself is unsure, this is offered as a thread, not a fact.
packet 裡的 Wiktionary 說 sulk 可能是從形容詞 sulky 倒推出來的動詞，而且明講來源不確定，往上也許連到古英文表示「遲鈍、提不起勁」的字。既然來源本身有疑問，這裡只當一條線索看，不當定論。
Wiktionary entry supplied in packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:676148548), which states the origin is uncertain
Two branches
那段悶著的時間，以及常這樣的人
同一個畫面被裝進名詞：先變成一段有頭有尾、可以計時的時間，再往前一步，變成常常製造這種時間的那個人。
noun · B2
A period of time when someone is silently angry and will not talk to people properly.
鬧脾氣的那段時間