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单词 tight-lipped
释义
tight-lipped
adjective
uk
/ˌtaɪtˈlɪpt/us
/ˌtaɪtˈlɪpt/
Someone who is tight-lipped ispressingtheirlipstogether toavoidshowinganger, or isrefusingtospeakabout something:
口紧的，闭口不谈的
He's been very tight-lipped about whathappenedat themeeting.他对会上发生的事情一直守口如瓶。
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(Definition oftight-lippedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

tight-lipped| American Dictionary

tight-lipped
adjective
us
/ˈtɑɪt ˈlɪpt/
refusingto say very much about something:
Heremainedtight-lipped about whether theunionwoulddeclareastrike.
(Definition oftight-lippedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftight-lipped

tight-lipped
A somewhat clinical, earnest,tight-lipped, almost embarrassed, tone often characterizes their discourse on this topic.
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I am afraid that privatisation has made the water industry even moretight-lippedabout giving the public information.
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However, he wastight-lippedabout much of his early work.
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He hinted at something big taking place in the future, but has since remainedtight-lippedregarding the news.
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She remainstight-lippedand won't even tell them her name.
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One minute joking and talkative, the nexttight-lippedand silent.
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He is said to have no expressions other than a grim,tight-lippedlook of domineering authority.
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He was later recalled as handsome and confident, but criticised for appearingtight-lippedand clenched and providing long and convoluted answers to questions.
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Over the next 14 years of development they established atight-lippedculture, revealing little, if anything, between releases.
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He is oftentight-lippedwhen the subject of fomicry comes up.
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It was thought that the willie wagtail could steal a person's secrets while lingering around camps eavesdropping, so women would betight-lippedin the presence of the willie wagtail.
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