| 单词 | oyster-like |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈoyster-like ˈoyster-like adj. resembling an oyster; esp. (of a person) reserved or uncommunicative (staying inside one's ‘shell’). 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 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > [adjective] > retiring or withdrawn soleinc1450 retiring1566 retireda1616 oyster-like1665 squab1689 shy of oneself1722 indrawn1751 introverted1850 background1896 retreative1898 introvert1916 introversive1923 withdrawn1932 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [adjective] > of or relating to oyster > of the nature of or resembling oyster-like1665 ostreaceous1678 ostraceous1822 ostreiform1840 ostracine1890 1665 J. Crowne Pandion & Amphigenia 10 They Cough and spit out such Phlegmatick conceipts; which oyster-like dotes, they will (in despite of any) fancy to enshrine the richest Pearls. 1784 R. Bage Barham Downs I. 229 How I acquired any oyster-like disposition..I know no more than a coach-horse. 1835 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz (1836) 2nd Ser. 202 The lady..retired, in oyster-like bashfulness, to the very back of the counter. 1937 Daily Herald 16 Feb. 19/6 I have never known Mr. Rinder so definitely oyster-like as when I tackled him yesterday on the line he proposed to take in the broadcast. 1975 Country Life 13 Sept. 1320/4 Its [sc. salsify's] stale fish flavour, described as oyster-like. < as lemmas |
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