go into one’s shell1.摆出冷淡或矜持的态度;开始保持缄默:The girl has changed her intimate attitude and gone into her shell toward her friend because the friend often acts roughly to her.那姑娘对她的朋友已经不再亲密而是摆出冷淡的态度,因为那朋友对她很粗鲁。2.与世隔绝:An eccentric person went into wild mountains in his middle age and has gone into his shell since then.一个乖僻的人在中年时进入深山,从那时起他就与世隔绝。 |