surreptitious

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/    美 /səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/|/ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/|/ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements).
    — He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.

词形变化

more surreptitious comparative most surreptitious superlative

词源

Borrowed from Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surrēpō (“to creep along”).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary