英语词汇“to let into the secret”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

P2. (Chiefly in senses A. 3, A. 4) to be in (rarely †on) the secret, to be one of the participants in a secret; †to be of secrets with, to share the confidence or secrets of (a person); to let (a person) into the secret, to confide (to him) the secret (of an affair, trade); hence slang (see quots. 1699, 1801); to make a secret of (something), to make (it) a matter of concealment, to keep (it) to oneself.

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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > make friends with [verb (transitive)] > share confidence or secrets of (a person)

to be of secrets with1535

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > operate secretly [verb (intransitive)] > share secret

to be of (a person's) bosom1608

to be in (rarely on) the secret1680

to be on the in1932

to be on the inside1932

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep quiet about [phrase]

to keep or hold (a matter) counsel (later in counsela1400

to keep secret1399

to keep (something) dark1532

to draw a veil over1582

not to tell one's shirt1586

to keep one's (own) counsel1604

to put (also keep) in one's pocketa1616

to name no names1692

to make a secret of1738

to keep (‥) snug1778

to clap, put, or keep the thumb on1825

to wash one's dirty linen at home, in public1867

to hold back1956

to sweep (also brush, kick, etc.) (something) under the rug1956

to get it off one's chest1961

to sweep (or push) (something) under the carpet1963

1535 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 228 We have in warde,..Dam Jenet Ewstace, which was thErle of Kildares aunt, and most of secrets with him.

1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 28 Even those who were on the secret, and saw him in these shapes, could perceive nothing by which he might be discovered.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1674 (1955) IV. 38 In a short time let him so into the seacret of affaires..that there was a kind of necessity to advance him.

1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop ii. i It's a good trade..: let a lad be but diligent, and do what he's bid, he shall be let into the secret, and share part of the profits.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Secret, let into the Secret, when one is drawn in at Horse~racing, Cock-fighting, Bowling, and other Sports or Games, and Bit.

1703 Duke of Queensberry in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 238 He says he was let into all the secrets of the correspondence of Scotsmen with St. Germains.

1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 29 You may make a Secret of it, but we can spell, and put together.

1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) I. 79 Before I was let into the Secret, as 'tis called, which is indeed nothing but the knavish Part of the Sport [of Horseracing].

1801 Ld. Nelson Let. in Sotheby's Catal. 15 June 1897, 17 As I am not in the secret, and feel I have a right to speak out.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 453 James, who had from the first been in the secret of his brother's foreign politics.

1885 F. M. Peard Near Neighbours II. i. 18 Nor had he made the least secret of his intention to use all means to hold her.

单词	to let into the secret
释义	> as lemmas to let (a person) into the secret P2. (Chiefly in senses A. 3, A. 4) to be in (rarely †on) the secret, to be one of the participants in a secret; †to be of secrets with, to share the confidence or secrets of (a person); to let (a person) into the secret, to confide (to him) the secret (of an affair, trade); hence slang (see quots. 1699, 1801); to make a secret of (something), to make (it) a matter of concealment, to keep (it) to oneself. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > make friends with [verb (transitive)] > share confidence or secrets of (a person) to be of secrets with1535 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > operate secretly [verb (intransitive)] > share secret to be of (a person's) bosom1608 to be in (rarely on) the secret1680 to be on the in1932 to be on the inside1932 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep quiet about [phrase] to keep or hold (a matter) counsel (later in counsela1400 to keep secret1399 to keep (something) dark1532 to draw a veil over1582 not to tell one's shirt1586 to keep one's (own) counsel1604 to put (also keep) in one's pocketa1616 to name no names1692 to make a secret of1738 to keep (‥) snug1778 to clap, put, or keep the thumb on1825 to wash one's dirty linen at home, in public1867 to hold back1956 to sweep (also brush, kick, etc.) (something) under the rug1956 to get it off one's chest1961 to sweep (or push) (something) under the carpet1963 1535 in State Papers Henry VIII (1834) II. 228 We have in warde,..Dam Jenet Ewstace, which was thErle of Kildares aunt, and most of secrets with him. 1680 Bp. G. Burnet Some Passages Life Rochester (1692) 28 Even those who were on the secret, and saw him in these shapes, could perceive nothing by which he might be discovered. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1674 (1955) IV. 38 In a short time let him so into the seacret of affaires..that there was a kind of necessity to advance him. 1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop ii. i It's a good trade..: let a lad be but diligent, and do what he's bid, he shall be let into the secret, and share part of the profits. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Secret, let into the Secret, when one is drawn in at Horse~racing, Cock-fighting, Bowling, and other Sports or Games, and Bit. 1703 Duke of Queensberry in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 238 He says he was let into all the secrets of the correspondence of Scotsmen with St. Germains. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 29 You may make a Secret of it, but we can spell, and put together. 1742 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 3) I. 79 Before I was let into the Secret, as 'tis called, which is indeed nothing but the knavish Part of the Sport [of Horseracing]. 1801 Ld. Nelson Let. in Sotheby's Catal. 15 June 1897, 17 As I am not in the secret, and feel I have a right to speak out. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 453 James, who had from the first been in the secret of his brother's foreign politics. 1885 F. M. Peard Near Neighbours II. i. 18 Nor had he made the least secret of his intention to use all means to hold her. extracted from secretadj.n. < as lemmas
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