单词 | hush-hush |
释义 | hush-hush (once / 48243 pages) adj WORD FAMILY hush-hush USAGE EXAMPLESSince then the navy has continued to award Cortana grants for hush-hush jobs. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) So it stands to reason that the city would harbor more than its share of hidy-holes—tucked-away spots for hush-hush confabs and rendezvous. Wall Street Journal(Nov 03, 2016) “Because everything is hush-hush, we lost all contact with the outside world.” Time(Sep 29, 2016) adj conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods Syn clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hugger-mugger, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed |
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