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Stealth Proto Germanic Sense 12830.Stealth 英 Stelθ]美 Stɛlθ 释义

正面 12830.stealth
英 [stelθ]美 [stɛlθ]

背面
释义:
n. 秘密;秘密行动;鬼祟
例句:
1. The government was accused of trying to introduce the tax by stealth .有人指责政府想不事声张地开征这种税。

1. 英卡杀雷特被监禁。 => 英卡杀了雷特,然后被监禁了起来。
stealth 偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,隐形的steal,偷,-th,名词后缀。引申形容词词义偷偷摸摸的,隐形的。
stealth (n.)mid-13c., "theft, action or practice of stealing," from a probable Old English *stælþ, which is related to stelen (see steal (v.)), from Proto-Germanic *stælitho (cognates: Old Norse stulþr), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Compare heal/health, weal/wealth. Sense of "secret action" developed c. 1300, but the word also retained its etymological sense into 18c. Got a boost as an adjective from stealth fighter, stealth bomber, radar-evading U.S. military aircraft, activated 1983."

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