secret

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. countable
    — "Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I."
  2. The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack. countable,uncountable
    — The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
  3. Something not understood or known. countable,uncountable
    — Thou knewſt by name, and all th' ethereal powers, / All ſecrets of the deep, all Natures works,
  4. Private seclusion. uncountable
    — The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.
  5. The genital organs. archaic,countable,in-plural,uncountable
  6. A form of steel skullcap. countable,historical,uncountable
  7. Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant. countable,in-plural,often,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To make or keep secret. rare,transitive
    — … she would unfold the silk, press it with a smooth wooden block that she'd heated in the oven, and then once more secret it away.
  2. To hide secretly. rare,transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Being or kept hidden.
    — We went down a secret passage.
  2. Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded. obsolete
    — Sing Heav'nly Muſe, that on the secret top / Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didſt inſpire / That Shepherd, who firſt taught the choſen Seed, / In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth / Roſe out of Chaos: [...]
  3. Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart. obsolete
    — What neede we any ſpurre, but our owne cauſe / To pricke vs to redreſſe? What other Bond / Than ſecret Romans, that haue ſpoke the Word, / And will not palter?
  4. Separate; distinct. obsolete
    — They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.

词形变化

secrets plural secrets present,singular,third-person secreting US,participle,present secretting UK,participle,present secreted US,participle,past secreted US,past secretted UK,participle,past secretted UK,past more secret comparative most secret superlative secrette alternative,obsolete secrete alternative,obsolete secreat alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

近义词
dern hidden and Thesaurus:covert
反义词
overt
衍生词
best-kept secret in secret make no secret of nonsecret open secret pseudosecret secretist secretmonger secret of Polichinelle secret sharing secret squirrel state secret subsecret supersecret top secret trade secret Victoria's Secret worst-kept secret secrete secret admirer secret agent secret agentry secret ballot secret chancellor secret code secret government secret handshake secret history secret ink secretive secret key secretly secret menu secretness secret partner secret police secret recipe secret-sacred secret Santa secret sauce secret service secret shopper secret society secret sock secret vice secret weapon secret writing semisecretsupersecret top-secret ultrasecret unsecret
相关词
secrete secretion

词源

词源 1
The noun is from Middle English secret, from Latin sēcrētum. Doublet of secretum. Displaced Old English dēagolnes (“a secret”).
The verb is from the noun.
词源 2
From Middle English secrette, from Old French secret, from Latin sēcrētus (“separated, hidden”), from ptp of sēcernō (“separate, to set aside, sunder out”), from cernō, from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Displaced Old English dēagol (“secret”).
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