单词 | quiet-spoken |
释义 | > as lemmasquiet-spoken quiet-spoken adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > [adjective] > in speech quiet-spoken1846 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) iv. 25 He was a slow, quiet-spoken..old fellow. 1902 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 15 268 She was a gentle, quiet-spoken woman, living in her own thick-walled stone house. 1998 P. Williams Gangland (1999) 204 This quiet-spoken family man is part of a dying breed in the underworld—a so-called ordinary decent criminal. < as lemmas |
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