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hole-and-corner是什么意思

时间:2022-04-08 19:57:40

中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
秘密的,偷偷摸摸的。

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; "clandestine intelligence operations"; "cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines"; "hole-and-corner intrigue"; "secret missions"; "a secret agent"; "secret sales of arms"; "surreptitious mobilization of troops"; "an undercover investigation"; "underground resistance"
同义词:clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hugger-mugger, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground,

relating to the peripheral and unimportant aspects of life; "a hole-and-corner life in some obscure community"- H.G.Wells
同义词:hole-in-corner,

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