| 单词 | strong silent type |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstrong silent type strong silent type n. the sort of person who is taciturn and whose feelings are concealed and controlled.Typically used of men: see strong silent man n. ΚΠ 1909 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 206/2 John Grange, the hero of The Shuttles of the Loom, by K. M. Edge..was a man of the strong, silent type. 1910 Dublin Rev. Apr. 413 Mr Gwynn represents Emmet as the strong, silent type of conspirator, a character very different from the conception which one would form from the published account of Emmet's trial. 1925 ‘R. Crompton’ in Windsor Mag. Jan. 130/1 He considered himself to be a man of the strong, silent type. 1978 L. Charteris Saint & Templar Treasure (1979) i. 25 I've always fancied myself as the strong silent type. 2007 Independent 15 Dec. 37/1 Like the strong silent types played by John Wayne.., the men gathered in Rudy's are not the talkative sort. < as lemmas |
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