每日学英语:Button one’s lip 保持缄默

2023-12-20 13:49:42  每日学英语
Button 是纽扣,lip 是嘴唇,Button one's lip 字面意思是“嘴唇装上纽扣”,真实含义是保持缄默,闭口不谈,守口如瓶。

【例句】
He didn't want to get into a fight, so he decided to button his lip.
他不愿意卷入一场争执,于是决定保持缄默。

Sometimes he would sit silent and abstracted, buttoning his lip.
有些时候他神思不定地坐在那里,一言不发,任何人都不理。

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