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单词 close-tongued
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close-tongued
C1. Parasynthetic, as close-curtained, close-eared, close-headed, close-hearted, close-jointed, close-lipped, close-meshed, close-minded, close-mouthed, close-phalanxed, close-tempered, close-tongued, close-visaged, etc.
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1479 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 427 That no maner of personne goo a mommyng with cloce visaged.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F3 Whispring conspirator, With close-tong'd treason. View more context for this quotation
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. iii. 337 Men could hardly be close-hearted to such as they affected.
a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) v. 64 Justice..Should ever be close ear'd, and open mouthd.
1637 J. Milton Comus 19 The litter of close-curtain'd sleepe.
1766 G. Canning tr. M. de Polignac Anti-Lucretius iv. 245 The close-phalanx'd order of its course.
1853 M. Arnold Scholar Gipsy in Poems (new ed.) 212 With close-lipp'd Patience for our only friend.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 223 The reputation of being..‘close-minded’.
1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. VI. 32 Close-headed Alpine Sedge.
1861 J. H. Bennet Mentone as Winter Climate ii. 53 A very close-meshed bag net.
1881 Philada. Press 8 June 2 They set to work very close-mouthed.
1905 Daily Chron. 10 Oct. 2/7 A thin close-lipped mouth.
1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza xxx. 406 Close-lipped and crookedly, Mary was smiling.
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