| 词汇 | shtoom |
| 释义 | shtoom ⇨ shtum; shtoom; stummadjective quiet; saying nothing. Anglicised phonetic spelling of synonymous German stumm which, it is presumed, reached England through Yiddish UK, 1958keep schtumTo remain silent; to not say anything. (Used especially when by saying something, especially at the wrong time, one would cause trouble or difficulty for him- or herself.) Primarily heard in UK. It's better to just keep schtum when the boss starts flinging accusations than risk further incensing him. keep ˈschtum/ˈshtum(British English, informal) say nothing: I think we’d better keep schtum about this money, don’t you? OPPOSITE: open your (big) mouth Shtum is a Yiddish word from the German stumm, meaning ‘silent’. |
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