secretive

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having an inclination to secrecy.
    — She's a secretive girl, not giving away much about her life.
  2. Relating to secretion. not-comparable

词形变化

more secretive comparative most secretive superlative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English secretife, equivalent to secret + -ive.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English secrete
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English secretive
From secrete + -ive.
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