| 单词 | reticent |
| 释义 | reticent —reticence, reticency, n. —reticently, adv. /ret"euh seuhnt/, adj. 1. disposed to be silent or not to speak freely; reserved. 2. reluctant or restrained. [1825-35; < L reticent- (s. of reticens), prp. of reticere to be silent, equiv. to re- RE- + -tic-, comb. form of tacere to be silent (cf. TACIT) + -ent- -ENT] Syn. 1. taciturn, quiet, uncommunicative. Ant. 1. talkative, voluble. |
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