单词 | tight-knit |
释义 | > as lemmastight-knit tight-knit adj. connected in a closely-bound structure; (also figurative) bonded or united in a close, cohesive relationship; cf. close-knit adj. at close adj. and adv. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1832 Satirist 19 Feb. 60/1 For working-day strength, we know of no one to compare with that tight-knit frame of his. 1839 G. Stephens tr. E. Tegnér Frithiof's Saga ii. 24 Their truefast union, In weal and woe the same,..More tight-knit, still, became. 1928 G. C. La Master New Genetics ii. 56 Firm tight knit muscles are stronger than the loose kind. 1933 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 360 The tight-knit world must flinch in every mile concertedly aghast at each diverse atrocity. 1958 Times 24 Sept. 3/3 The playwrights who have contributed to it [sc. non-realist drama] are anything but a tight-knit group. 1992 M. Anderson Impostors in Temple iv. 120 The academic intellectuals have developed such a tight-knit scheme of intellectual logrolling that their evaluations of the merits of scholarly work have become..worthless. 2017 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 13 July 18 After a six-month break, I returned to a new, kinder and more tight-knit speciality—palliative care. < as lemmas |
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