incommunicado
adjective[after verb],adverb
formaluk/ˌɪn.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkɑː.dəʊ/us/ˌɪn.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkɑː.doʊ/notcommunicatingwith anyoneelsebecause you do notwantto or are notallowedto:
不愿(或不得)与他人接触的Hissecretarysays he will be incommunicado for therestof theday.他的秘书说他当天余下的时间都没空。
He washeldincommunicado for the first 48hoursafter he wasarrested.他被捕后的最初48小时被禁止与外界接触。
Falling silent and not speaking
- be (on) non-speakersidiom
- bite
- bitesomethingback
- button your lipidiom
- clam
- clam up
- draw
- gob
- have nothing to say foryourselfidiom
- mouth
- silence is goldenidiom
- speak
- speechless
- speechlessly
- speechlessness
- stick
- stick insomeone'sthroatidiom
- tongue-tied
- unavowed
- wordless