stealthy
翻译
秘密的, 鬼鬼祟祟的, 隐秘的
例句
The cat made a stealthy approach to the bird.
猫悄悄地接近那只鸟。
He took a stealthy look at his watch.
他偷偷地看了一眼手表。
语法模式
((a stealthy + 名词)) 秘密的(名词). The spy made a stealthy entrance.
近义词
同义词: furtive, surreptitious; 反义词: open, obvious
词源
源自中古英语“stelthe”(偷窃),与“steal”(偷)有关。后缀“-y”使其成为形容词。
记忆技巧
想象一下“隐形”轰炸机,它被设计成不被发现。“Stealthy”是它的形容词形式。