| 单词 | keep your mouth shut |
| 释义 | keep your mouth shutkeep your mouth shut informal a) TELL A SECRETto not tell other people about a secret 保守秘密，守口如瓶 He demanded £2,000 to keep his mouth shut. 他要求给他2,000英镑封口费。 b) QUIETto not say something even if you think it 保持缄默，一声不吭 I wished that I’d kept my mouth shut. 我真希望自己什么也没说。 Examples from the Corpus keep your mouth shut• You'd better keep your mouth shut about this.• I don't believe she could keep her mouth shut.• In the end, I kept my mouth shut.• If I would only keep my mouth shut more often, I thought, I would fit in better everywhere.• You want to be off the record, keep your mouth shut.• This is all from Gran so keep your mouth shut.• It would be best to keep our mouths shut and let justice take its course.• After the incident Ninham, of Hilda Street, gave both boys £5 and told them to keep their mouths shut.• He just doesn't know when to keep his mouth shut.• For one, a mistress who kept her mouth shut. → keep your mouth shut at mouth1(1) |
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