| 单词 | say-anything |
| 释义 | > as lemmassay-anything C1. In adjectives formed from the verb with an indefinite pronoun as object, as say-anything, say-nothing, etc., with the sense ‘that says —; characterized by saying —’. 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 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. v. v. 144 She herself, with her quiet, say-nothing-manner, slips through all my careless questionings. 1853 G. P. R. James Agnes Sorel I. ix. 189 One of your discreet, see-everything, say-nothing serving-men. 1901 Southwestern Reporter 59 353/1 He is a say-nothing kind of a young man... He looks like a dullard to me. 1994 Sat. Night (Toronto) Nov. 72/2 Women have a certain arrogance about the say-anything brand of emotional honesty they have with each other. 2004 W. R. Whitaker et al. Media Writing xiii. 356 An editor is likely to axe a say-nothing sentence like ‘I'm very proud of my company's success.’ 2007 Guardian (Nexis) 2 Apr. (Features) 9 A simpering, say-anything, dough-faced, preposterous waddling idiot. < as lemmas |
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