| 单词 | zip-lipped |
| 释义 | > as lemmaszip-lipped zip-lipped adj. having the lips tightly closed, esp. as a sign of suppressed emotion or determined reticence; (chiefly figurative) uncommunicative, determinedly reticent; cf. tight-lipped adj. 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 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 1943 Greenville (Ohio) Daily Advocate 23 July 5/3 War Department Zip-Lipped About Army-Navy Game... The War Department had 'no comment' today regarding published reports. 1982 B. Woodhouse No Bad Dogs (1992) xii. 63 Stony-faced owners, zip-lipped owners..tend to have dull, disobedient dogs. 2019 Times (Nexis) 28 Sept. (Sat. Review) 16 Information about his two grandchildren is rationed... These are the zip-lipped instincts of a former KGB officer. < as lemmas |
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