释义
[ klohs -nit ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkloʊsˈnɪt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective tightly united, connected, or organized.
Origin of close-knit First recorded in 1925–30
Words nearby close-knit close harmony, close-hauled, close helmet, close-in, close juncture, close-knit , close-lipped, closemouthed, close one's eyes to, close-order drill, closeout
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Example sentences from the Web for close-knit Born in the Hessian village of Rhina in 1916, Friedel was the youngest of 16 close-knit siblings and first cousins.
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Mads Mikkelsen stars as Lucas, a man living in a close-knit Danish village who has fallen on hard times after his divorce.
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Haines was also well respected in the close-knit waterfront neighborhood of Fells Point, according to former neighbors.
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Because of the type of crime we are dealing with, this has to be a close-knit community.
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The premise of Happy Endings, which airs Tuesday nights on ABC, is simple: six close-knit friends hang out a lot.
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In the distance, and encircling the expanse of prairie, stood a solid wall of forest and close-knit jungle.
Warrior of the Dawn | Howard Carleton Browne
I might be sore and lame for a day or two, but I had twice the natural strength of these short, close-knit foreigners.
One Way Out | William Carleton
In fact, there was nothing which we did not need—and most of all we needed a sense of close-knit cooperation.
Land of the Burnt Thigh | Edith Eudora Kohl
They were not beautiful hands, merely strong, close-knit —hands to hold with a grip of death.
The Memoirs of an American Citizen | Robert Herrick
And with that we were launched into a new phase of Crouy life, the close-knit communal organization of a French settlement.
Home Fires in France | Dorothy Canfield
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British Dictionary definitions for close-knit adjective closely united, esp by social ties
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Words related to close-knit heavy, solid, impenetrable, opaque, close, compact, condensed, crowded, heaped, jammed, packed, substantial, thickset, crammed, jam-packed, massed, piled