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reticent 音标拼音: [r'ɛtɪsənt] a. 无言的,沉默的,谨慎的 无言的,沈默的,谨慎的 reticent adj 1: temperamentally disinclined to talk [ synonym: { reticent}, { untalkative}] 2: cool and formal in manner [ synonym: { restrained}, { reticent}, { unemotional}] 3: reluctant to draw attention to yourself [ synonym: { reticent}, { self- effacing}, { retiring}] Reticent \ Ret" i* cent\, a. [ L. reticens, p. pr. of reticere to keep silence; re- tacere to be silent. See { Tacit}.] Inclined to keep silent; reserved; uncommunicative. [ 1913 Webster] 55 Moby Thesaurus words for " reticent": Olympian, aloof, backward, bashful, blank, chilled, chilly, close, close- lipped, close- tongued, closemouthed, cold, constrained, cool, detached, discreet, distant, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, guarded, icy, impassive, impersonal, inaccessible, introverted, modest, offish, quiet, remote, removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, retiring, shrinking, shy, silent, standoff, standoffish, subdued, suppressed, taciturn, tight- lipped, timid, unaffable, unapproachable, uncommunicative, uncongenial, undemonstrative, unexpansive, ungenial, unresponsive, withdrawn
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