绝口 meaning in English
1.(住口, 只用在“不”字后) stop talking 短语和例子
2.(因回避而不开口) keep one's mouth shut 短语和例子
Examples
- She held her tongue about the d'urberville vault, and the knight of the conqueror whose name she bore .
她绝口不谈德伯氏的墓穴以及那个和她同姓、跟随征服者的武士。 - She said nothing in connection with her marriage
她绝口不谈与她的婚姻有关的事。 - There was only one thing he did not talk about , and that was law ; as the expressive phrase goes , he sunk the shop
只有一件事他不谈，那就是法律，正如那句意味深长的俗语说的，他业余时间绝口不谈业务。 - " yes ; but when questioned by him , denny denied knowing any thing of their plan , and would not give his real opinion about it
“见到的，不过他回到丹尼的时候，丹尼绝口否认，说是根本不知道他们私奔的打算，也不肯说出他自己对这件事究竟怎样看法。 - They did not weep either in his presence nor away from him , and they never even talked of him together . they felt that they could not express in words what they understood
她们既不在他面前哭，也不背着他哭，而且绝口不在她们之间讲起他，她们觉得无法用言语表达她们内心明白的东西。