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单词 hush-hush
释义 hush-hush
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
Etymology: from hush! hush!, repeated imperative use of hush (I)
1. : to enjoin to silence
 < was hush-hushed by army censors when he started to report soldier opinion on the issue >
2. : hush vt 3
II. adjective
: marked by secrecy or concealment : kept from public knowledge : secret, confidential
 < a specific cure for one of the hush-hush diseases, gonorrhea — Science News Letter >
 < decreed an end to the … hush-hush atmosphere that has shielded major presidential policies — Ray Tucker >
specifically : subject to official censorship
 < military intelligence, cryptography, secret chemical corps projects and other hush-hush assignments — Sidney Shalett >
 < of all air corps planes, this is the most hush-hush — D.C.Cooke >
III. noun
: a policy or atmosphere of concealment : secrecy, suppression
 < the hush-hush surrounding new car design >
 < after decades of hush-hush, the problem of mental illness is now being openly discussed >
specifically : censorship
 < wartime hush-hush concerning plane losses >
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