释义
[ kuh n-seel ] SHOW IPA
/ kənˈsil / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
to keep secret; to prevent or avoid disclosing or divulging: to conceal one's identity by using a false name.
Origin of conceal 1275–1325; Middle English
conselen, concelen <Anglo-French
conceler from Latin
concēlāre, equivalent to
con- con- +
cēlāre “to hide” (akin to hull
1 , Greek
koleón “scabbard” (see Coleoptera); cf. occult)
synonym study for conceal 1 . See hide1 .
OTHER WORDS FROM conceal con·ceal·a·ble, adjective con·ceal·a·bil·i·ty, noun con·ceal·ed·ly, adverb con·ceal·ed·ness, noun
con·ceal·er, noun half-con·cealed, adjective half-con·ceal·ing, adjective pre·con·ceal, verb (used with object) re·con·ceal, verb (used with object) sem·i·con·cealed, adjective sub·con·cealed, adjective un·con·cealed, adjective un·con·ceal·ing, adjective un·con·ceal·ing·ly, adverb well-con·cealed, adjective
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Words nearby conceal concavity, concavo-concave, concavo-concave lens, concavo-convex, concavo-convex lens, conceal , concealed carry, concealed hemorrhage, concealment, concede, conceit
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Example sentences from the Web for conceal As great as this feat was, an equally demanding test followed: to conceal from the Nazis that Enigma had been beaten.
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Many of those gathering in the run-up to the grand jury decision wore hockey and tear gas masks to conceal their identity.
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I maintain that our mistake was in overthinking our criminal's desire to conceal the body.
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Call them Trojan horse foods: nutritiously pleasing ingredients (oats, yogurts) that conceal a whole host of junk.
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Businessmen and churchgoers find it difficult to conceal while wearing a shirt and tie.
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I bowed my head to conceal the expression which might have told his lordship that I intended to do nothing of the kind.
The International Spy | Allen Upward
She made desperate efforts to control her grief, and conceal the tears that rolled in quick succession down her pale cheeks.
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He did not conceal anything; he merely outlined without filling in the bare suggestion.
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The gesture, together with his forward-tilted hat, served to conceal the fact that he was masked.
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"Yes, we will swear it," answered Leonard, who could not conceal the anguish of his anxiety.
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British Dictionary definitions for conceal verb (tr) to keep from discovery; hide
to keep secret
Derived forms of conceal concealable , adjective concealer , noun concealment , noun Word Origin for conceal C14: from Old French conceler, from Latin concēlāre, from com- (intensive) + cēlāre to hide
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