tight-knit
音标：
英音/ ˌtaɪt ˈnɪt / 美音/ ˌtaɪt ˈnɪt /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
Together, he added, they make up the vast majority of Gaza’s tiny and tight-knit Christian population.
他补充说，他们共同构成了加沙人数不多但关系紧密的基督徒人口的绝大多数。
—New York Times
But this walkout reverberated in unexpected ways through the Berkeley public school system and the city’s ordinarily tight-knit community.
但这次罢工以意想不到的方式在伯克利公立学校系统和该市一向关系紧密的社区中产生了反响。
—New York Times
They live in small tight-knit communities and follow their own ritualistic codes.
他们生活在关系紧密的小社区中，遵循自己的仪式准则。
—BBC
基本释意：
adjective
closely and firmly integrated
亲密的，紧密的
同义词：
tightly knit
短释义：
无
长释义：
无
文学例句：
Keep in mind that the pool of elite sumo wrestlers is extraordinarily tight-knit.
请记住，精英相扑力士的队伍是非常紧密的。
—Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt
I wanted to tell Shirer that I had seen Atmananda’s seemingly tight-knit community transform into a group of fearful, paranoid people.
我想告诉夏勒，我看到阿特曼南达看似紧密的社区变成了一群恐惧、偏执的人。
—Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Laxer, Mark Eliot
His well-built, tight-knit figure gave one the impression that he was even stronger than he looked.
健硕的身材，紧实的身材，给人一种比看上去还要强壮的感觉。
—A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John
词源：
knit (v.)Old English cnyttan “to tie with a knot, bind together, fasten by tying,” related to Old Norse knytja “bind together, form into a knot,” Middle Low German knütten “to tie, knot,” Old English cnotta “a knot,” from Proto-Germanic *knuttjan, from stem *knutt-. Of brows, late 14c. Intransitive meaning “do knitting, weave by looping or knotting a continuous thread” (especially in reference to plain stitch) is from 1520s. Intransitive meaning “become compact or consolidated” is from c. 1600. Related: Knitted; knitting. For pronunciation, see kn-.Related entries & more
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
knit (v.)古英语 cnyttan “打结，绑在一起，通过打结固定”，与古斯堪的纳维亚语 knytja “绑在一起，形成一个结”相关，中古低地德语 knütten “打结，结，”古英语 cnotta “结”，源自原始日耳曼语 *knuttjan，源自词干 *knutt-。眉毛，14世纪末。不及物含义是“通过将连续线打圈或打结来编织、编织”（特别是指平针），源自 1520 年代。不及物意义“变得紧凑或巩固”来自c。 1600.相关：针织；针织。有关发音，请参阅 kn-。相关条目及更多内容
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