schtum ( shtum) /ʃtʊm/ ●keep ˈschtum/ˈshtum (BrE, informal) say nothing保持沉默；什么也不说◆I think we’d better keep schtum about this money, don’t you? 我认为在这笔钱上我们最好保持沉默，你说是不是？OPPopen your (big) mouthORIGINShtum is a Yiddish word from the German stumm, meaning ‘silent’. * shtum 是意第绪词，源于日耳曼词 stumm，意为“沉默的”。