单词 | reserved |
释义 | reserved —reservedly /ri zerr"vid lee/, adv. —reservedness, n. /ri zerrvd"/, adj. 1. kept or set apart for some particular use or purpose. 2. kept by special arrangement for some person: a reserved seat. 3. formal or self-restrained in manner and relationship; avoiding familiarity or intimacy with others: a quiet, reserved man. 4. characterized by reserve, as the disposition, manner, etc.: reserved comments. 5. retaining the original color of a surface, esp. when decorating portions of the surface with other colors. [1425-75; late ME; see RESERVE, -ED2] Syn. 3, 4. composed, controlled reticent, constrained, taciturn, withdrawn, distant, cold. |
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