indrawn
/in-drawn/US // ˈɪnˌdrɔn //UK // (ˌɪnˈdrɔːn) //
缩进,缩减,缩水,缩略图
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : reserved; introspective: a quiet, indrawn man.
- : made with the breath drawn in: an indrawn sigh.
Examples
For a moment he stood in silence, his face half-turned, his teeth hard on his indrawn lip—thinking.
His lips were indrawn, his face seemed instinct with a certain passionate but finely controlled emotion.
A sneer gathered on her lips and indrawn nostrils as he made his appeal for the people's confidence.
The old woman breathed regularly, and her indrawn lips trembled each time as the breath went out, and her eyes were shut.
The sharp hissing of indrawn breaths told him that they appreciated the situation.
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