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hidebound

/hahyd-bound/US // ˈhaɪdˌbaʊnd //UK // (ˈhaɪdˌbaʊnd) //

躲避,躲藏,隐蔽的,隐蔽性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : narrow and rigid in opinion; inflexible: a hidebound pedant.
    • : oriented toward or confined to the past; extremely conservative: a hidebound philosopher.
    • : having the back and ribs bound tightly by the hide.

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Examples

  • The GOP is still struggling to shed its hidebound, out-of-touch image, especially with voters not yet drawing Social Security.

  • Change is a necessary part of life, even in hidebound Washington.

  • Is it not possible that you are not yet awake, or, God pity you, that you are hidebound in the dogmatism of your bit of thinking.

  • We are very hidebound in these conventions, we Moors; no other ways command honor.

  • "But you mustn't think I'm absolutely hidebound," she went on.

  • Now this young zealot was a man of imagination, hidebound only in his traditions.

  • I have never cared much about the world's opinion, even in the days when I was most hidebound in prejudice.