constipated 便秘的 ■slow or reluctant in speech or action; unforthcoming (言行)迟缓的;不愿响应的;不乐于助人的 if he did ask her she would become costive. 如果他真的问了她,她会不愿回答。
派生 costively adverb costiveness noun 语源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin constipatus 'pressed together' (see constipate)