A close-knit group is one where people know each other well and stand by one another when someone needs help — a close-knit family, team, or neighbourhood.

A close-knit groupclose-knit 的團體 is one where people know each other well是指裡面的人彼此熟識，and stand by one another when someone needs help有人需要幫忙時大家會互相支持——a close-knit family, team, or neighbourhood像緊密的家庭、球隊或社區。

Knit here is the old picture of stitches looped firmly together, so the group is joined, not just sitting in the same room. Close means 'in a near, warm way'.

Knit hereknit 這個字在這裡 is the old picture of stitches looped firmly together用的是古老的畫面：一針一針牢牢織在一起，so the group is joined所以這個團體是真的連結在一起的，not just sitting in the same room不只是剛好待在同一個房間裡而已。Close means 'in a near, warm way'close 的意思是「親近、溫暖的」。

The phrase is common in news and in ordinary talk, and it is usually a compliment: it praises the bond.

The phrase is common in news and in ordinary talk這個詞在新聞和日常對話裡都很常見，and it is usually a compliment通常是稱讚的話：it praises the bond稱讚彼此之間的情感連結。

It does not mean the people are standing physically close, and it does not officially mean they shut other people out — though a very close-knit circle can feel hard to enter, and that is how the tidy praise gets messy in real life. Tightly-knit means almost the same.

It does not mean the people are standing physically close它不是指人真的站得很近，and it does not officially mean they shut other people out正式來說也不是指把別人排除在外——though a very close-knit circle can feel hard to enter不過一個非常 close-knit 的小圈子有時候會讓人覺得很難融入，and that is how the tidy praise gets messy in real life這也是這個原本乾淨的讚美在真實生活裡變得複雜的地方。Tightly-knit means almost the sametightly-knit 的意思幾乎一樣。