单词 | hugger-mugger |
释义 | hugger-mugger /hug"euhr mug'euhr/, n. 1. disorder or confusion; muddle. 2. secrecy; reticence: Why is there such hugger-mugger about the scheme? adj. 3. secret or clandestine. 4. disorderly or confused. v.t. 5. to keep secret or concealed; hush up. v.i. 6. to act secretly. [1520-30; earlier hucker-mucker, rhyming compound based on mucker, ME mokeren to hoard] |
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