| 单词 | neat as wax |
| 释义 | > as lemmasneat as wax b. Phrases: close as wax, tight as wax, neat as wax; to stick (to one) like wax; to fit like wax. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] unspeakinga1382 speechless1390 mutec1400 dumb1406 silenta1425 peaceablec1425 secretc1440 of few wordsa1500 tongue-tied1529 mum1532 closec1540 strait-laced1546 tongue-dumb1556 incommunicable1568 sparing1568 inconversable1577 retentive1599 wordless1604 mumbudget1622 uncommunicable1628 monastica1631 word-bound1644 on (also upon) the reserve1655 strait-mouthed1664 oyster-like1665 incommunicative1670 mumchance1681 speechless1726 taciturnous1727 tongue-tacked1727 monosyllabic1735 silentish1737 untalkative1739 silentious1749 buttoned-up1767 taciturn1771 close as wax1772 untittletattling1779 reticent1825 voiceless1827 say-nothing1838 unremonstrant1841 still1855 unvocal1858 inexpansive186. short-tongued1864 non-communicating1865 tight-lipped1876 unworded1886 chup1896 tongue-bound1906 shut-mouthed1936 zip-lipped1943 shtum1958 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > attachment > be or become attached or affixed [verb (intransitive)] > remain attached > adhere cleavec897 to stick (cleave, cling, etc.) like a burc1330 sita1398 clinga1400 clengec1400 engleim?1440 adhere1557 clag1563 clasp1569 clencha1600 clung1601 clam1610 yclingec1620 affix1695 clinch1793 to stick (to one) like wax1809 cleam- the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [verb (intransitive)] > fit tightly sitc1225 spen13.. pinch1693 felter1768 to fit like wax1859 1772 R. Cumberland Fashionable Lover iii. 35 But you mun be as close as wax, d'ye see. 1809 Ld. Byron Lines to Mr. Hodgson 30 All are wrangling, Stuck together close as wax. 1851 S. Warner Wide Wide World I. xvi. 198 The furniture was common but neat as wax. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) II. iv. xiv ‘Cabined, cribbed, confined’, in a coat that fits him like wax. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. iv. 187 Bella and John Rokesmith followed; Gruff and Glum stuck to them like wax. 1898 N. Gould Landed at Last v. 52 Not much chance of drawing Sim Sharples when he's alone. He's as close as wax, and so is Sam Rogers. 1902 M. Barnes-Grundy Thames Camp 202 I pulled and strained, but it was as tight as wax. < as lemmas |
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