英文词汇“钳口不言”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

单词

钳口不言

释义

钳口不言钳口禁语；钳口结舌qián kǒu bù yán

keep one’s mouth shut tightly;keep (/remain)mum; hold one’s tongue;seal (/button up) one’s lips;as silent as the grave (/a post); as mum as a mouse (/an oyster)
❍ 湘云虽系闺阁弱质，却素喜谈论，今日贾政在席，也自钳口禁语。(《红楼梦》259)Xiangyun,although a great chatterbox for a girl,seemed afflicted with dumbness by her uncle too.
❍ 三藏箝口不言，但以手指心，点头几度。(《西游记》169) Tripitaka,however,kept his mouth shut tightly,but he pointea with his finger to his own heart and nodded his head several times.

钳口不言qián kǒu bù yán

钳口：闭口。闭口不说话。keep mum, keep silence, keep one’s mouth shut

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