keep mum

英 [kiːp mʌm]

美 [kiːp mʌm]

保守秘密;闭口不谈

英英释义

verb

• refuse to talk or stop talking
  1. The children shut up when their father approached
  Synonym:close upclam updummy upshut upbelt upbutton upbe quiet

双语例句

• Keep mum about what we did.
  别把我们做的事说出去。
• At a service desk, the agent is expected to keep mum about her problems and to show a reasonable interest in yours.
  在服务台前，人们总是希望服务员对她自己的问题绝口不提，而是充分关注你的问题。
• Even they got frustrated sometimes, but most of time, in my mind, I always keep the picture of my daddy making a face, teasing my mum and me.
  虽然他们也会有为琐事而不开心，但大数的时候，在我的印象里，总是爸爸扮着鬼脸，逗我和妈妈开心的情景。
• Or would they keep mum?
  还是会保持沉默？
• Yet there is a voice in my head telling me to keep mum.
  但我头脑里也有个声音告诉我别这么做。
• Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer swears they will keep mum about This and They wish They may Drop down dead in Their Tracks if They ever Tell and Rot.
  哈克·费恩和汤姆·索亚对天盟誓：我们将恪守秘密，若有半点私心假意泄密，愿当场倒毙，尸骨无存。
• Fortunately it was definitely a genuine touch and, of course, she called it right, as I'd expect her to, he said, though I'll be trying my hardest to keep mum unoccupied in my semi-final run.
  幸运的是，我的确碰到了障碍门，当然她的判罚很正确，我觉得她应该这么判。麦克说，但我会尽全力在半决赛中避免失误，别再让她罚我了。
• You decided to marry your son off, and you keep mum.
  你给儿子娶媳妇了，还在这儿和我们打哑谜。
• The teacher came into the classroom and shouted: "keep mum!"
  那个老师走进教室喊道：“请安静。”
• Keep mum about our surprise party.
  不要讲有关我们出其不意的派对的事。