英语释义

1. having the lips closed tight (as in determination)

2. reluctant to speak taciturn

3. not willing to speak about something

4. having your lips pressed tightly together because you are thinking hard, angry, etc.

片语

tight-lipped elders沉默寡言的老人

Be tight-lipped守口如瓶

be tight-lipped about对

tight-lipped elders detail沉默寡言的老人

secretive tight-lipped嘴紧

was keeping tight-lipped对某事绝口不提

tight-lipped about sth对某事的口风很紧

buttoned up守口如瓶的，沉默寡言的；圆满完成的

tight-lipped detail紧闭嘴巴

英汉例句

• amazon (amzn, fortune 500) has been tight-lipped about the incident, and the company said it won「t be able to fully comment on the situation until it does a 「post-mortem.

  亚马逊（amzn，财富500强）一直很紧张，对事件三缄其口，该公司表示，将不能对此情况进行充分的评论，直到它”验后「。

• she is keeping tight-lipped about how she made the needle, but admits that it takes even more steps and specialised equipment than the traditional needle-making process.

  对于这种新针如何制作，她一直守口如瓶。但她承认，较之传统针头，制造新针需要更多道工序和专门的设备。

• in less-transparent china, the funds have become even more tight-lipped to fend off criticism.

  在不那么透明的中国，各主权基金为逃避批评，变得更加守口如瓶。

• a tight-lipped woman and a dark-haired boy appeared at the door.

  门口来了一位嘴唇紧闭的妇女，带着她黑头发的儿子。

• beihai sits in a tight-lipped bay on the gulf of tonkin, where the rich silt of estuaries is swept and trapped by turbid currents—a paradise for molluscs and those that hunt them.

  北海市地处一个狭长的海湾，紧邻北部湾，河口的淤泥被浑浊的水流蕩涤、堆积。 这是软体动物和猎食者的天堂。

• for now shiseido remains tight-lipped about its mass market strategy, including whether it will have one or several “masstige」 brands and the overall concept.

  眼下资生堂对其大众市场战略守口如瓶，包括公司将推出一个还是多个‘大众名牌」品牌，以及其整体概念为何？

• the banks themselves remain tight-lipped about recruitment plans.

  投行自身对于招聘计划仍守口如瓶。

• one subject on which pattinson has been shockingly tight-lipped is his romance with kristen stewart.

  在他与克里斯汀·斯图尔特的爱情这个话题上，罗伯特.帕丁森一直都守口如瓶。

• mr corzine, perhaps because of the need to be tight-lipped hen he ran goldman sachs, is not a natural braggart.

  当他掌管高盛集团时，迫于工作需要，他总是金口紧闭，然而，或许考尼兹本来就不是个天生的自夸自耀者。

• the best we could get from the company was a series of tight-lipped statements, of which the least cryptic was this one

  我们从这家公司获得的最好的消息是一些列措辞严谨的声明，在这些生命中，最含糊其辞令人费解的莫过于下面这一则

• bhp, whose queensland operations make it the world「s biggest coking coal exporter, has been tight-lipped on the effects of the floods.

  必和必拓——世界上最大的炼焦煤出口商，一直对昆士兰州洪水的影响守口如瓶。

• my father fought in world war two. and he must have been a real hero -- he has a whole box full of medals. but he’s a tight-lipped man who never talks about what he did to earn them.

  他说:「我父亲参加过第二次世界大战。他肯定是一个真正的英雄,因为他有一个盒子里全是奖章。但是,他是一个不多说话的人,他从来也没有说过他干了了些什么才得到这些奖章的。」

• staff outside the bt centre this afternoon remained tight-lipped about the identities of the winners.

  今天下午英国电信中心外面的员工还是对中奖人的身份三缄其口。

• mr corzine, perhaps because of the need to be tight-lipped when he ran goldman sachs, is not a natural braggart.

  或许是因为在掌管高盛公司时必须守口如瓶，考尼兹先生做不到轻松自如地自卖自夸。

• police remain tight-lipped about the motive. but they acknowledge a key witness is a former golf caddie the murdered executive took as his third wife last year.

  在他四天拘留期内，警方对其作案动机守口如瓶，但他们确认了主要证人——之前一个高尔夫球童，在去年成为死者的第三任妻子，侦缉人员说目前她已受到保护。

• tight-lipped elders used to say, 」it」s not what you want in this world, but what you get."

  沉默寡言的老人们曾经说：「重要的不是在这个世界上你想要什么，而是你得到了什么。」

• in contrast to yesterday, zaidi「s three brothers were remaining tight-lipped about his next move.

  和昨天不同，扎伊迪的三个兄弟对扎伊迪接下来的行动三缄其口。

• the company remained typically tight-lipped about what the 「event」 might launch - but it seems set to be epic.

  该公司仍然对于「活动」发布什么守口如瓶——但看起来似乎将是史诗般的作品。

• since it」s incorporated as a partnership in the u.k., party pieces isn't required to disclose its financials, and the family is famously tight-lipped when it comes to speaking to the press.

  由于partypieces在英国注册为合伙企业，无需披露财务数据，而且，他们家对媒体的嘴巴严也是出了名的。

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