| 单词 | to keep dark about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto keep dark about (something) b. Of a person: secretive; inclined to conceal feelings or intentions; silent or reticent about a particular thing; not open. to keep dark about (something): to keep something secret. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive dernOE covert1340 secrec1385 secretc1440 mum1532 closec1540 whist1577 as silent as the grave1613 privatea1625 dark1650 uncommunicating1650 dry1681 uncommunicative1691 unexpansive1847 secretive1853 tight-lipped1876 cagey1909 zip-lipped1943 closet1948 coy1961 tight1977 1650 I. Penington Voyce out of Thick Darkness 45 The vileness of her present state soon..causes him to withdraw again. And so the husband likewise is at present in such an unlovely state, so dark, so hidden..that the Spirit of the Spouse too turns from her Husband. 1675 T. Otway Alcibiades ii. i. 15 But use such secresy as stoln Loves should have, Be dark as the hush't silence of the Grave. 1706 J. Logan in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 145 He is exceedingly dark and hidden, and thoughts work in his mind deeply without communicating. 1738 A. Pope One Thousand Seven Hundred & Thirty Eight Dialogue II 10 And Lyttelton a dark, designing Knave. 1885 Cent. Mag. 30 380/2 Of course, I'll keep as dark about it as possible. 1994 M. J. Staples Missing Person ix. 121 It was all very well to keep dark about not being married, but that skeleton in his cupboard would come to light one day. < as lemmas |
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