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单词 hidebound
释义 hidebound
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ adjective
Etymology: hide (IV) + bound
1.
 a. : having a dry skin lacking in pliancy and adhering closely to the underlying flesh and usually also a rough and lusterless coat especially as an accompaniment to disease — used of domestic animals
 b. : having scleroderma — used of human beings
 c. : having the bark so close and constricting that it impedes growth — used of trees
2.
 a. obsolete : sparing in expenditure : miserly
 b. : having an inflexible or ultraconservative character : bigoted, narrow
  < a nature sometimes hidebound and selfish and narrow to the last degree — G.G.Coulton >
  < the most hidebound bureaucrat could not have been more obsoletely reactionary, uninventive, and obstructive — G.B.Shaw >
  < judicial proceedings should not be hidebound by arbitrary rules handed down from the past — K.W.Colgrove >
hide·bound·ness \ˈhīdˌbau̇nnə̇s also -ndnə̇s\ noun -es
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