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close-knit

adjective
🔊/ˌkləʊs ˈnɪt/
🔊/ˌkləʊs ˈnɪt/
(also less frequent closely knit)
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  1. (of a group of people一群人) having strong relationships with each other and taking a close, friendly interest in each other’s activities and problems紧密结合在一起的；志同道合的；意气相投的
    • the close-knit community of a small village小村庄里抱团的村民
    Topics Family and relationshipsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryClose-knit is used with these nouns:
    • community
    • family
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