英语词汇“hugger-mugger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hugger-mugger
释义	hugger-mugger I. \ˈhəgə(r)ˌməgə(r), ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: origin unknown 1. : the act or practice of concealment : secrecy < had always had the impression that sex was sin … here it was treated without any hugger-mugger or snickering — A.W.Long > 2. : a disorderly jumble : confusion, mumbo jumbo < engage in the hugger-mugger of international politics and moneymaking — H.R.Isaacs > < apart from the effect of all this unwholesome hugger-mugger on their minds, there was the greater tragedy that they were being shortchanged educationally — Victor Boesen > II. adverb : in secrecy or confusion III. adjective 1. : of a clandestine nature : secret < an eventual hugger-mugger hanging — P.H.Newby > 2. : of a confused or disorderly nature : jumbled < readers will be puzzled by what at first appears a completely hugger-mugger haphazard arrangement — Ralph Abercrombie > IV. verb (hugger-muggered ; hugger-muggered ; hugger-muggering \-g(ə)riŋ\ ; hugger-muggers) *transitive verb* : to keep secret : hush up *intransitive verb* 1. : to act or confer stealthily 2. : to muddle around
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