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indrawn

/in-drawn/US // ˈɪnˌdrɔn //UK // (ˌɪnˈdrɔːn) //

缩进,缩减,缩水,缩略图

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 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.