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Stealth Quietly Bomber Carefully 英 Stelθ] 美 Stelθ N.秘密行动;鬼祟;隐形飞机;隐蔽性

英语单词 stealth
英美音标 英 [stelθ] 美 [stelθ]
中文释义 n.秘密行动;鬼祟;隐形飞机;隐蔽性
英语例句 (1) She prefers to do good by stealth.
(2) Without a family to depend on, they hunt alone, slinking through the shadows, surviving on stealth and intelligence.
(3) The burglars had entered the house by stealth.
(4) The stealth bomber made its maiden flight in 1989.
中文例句 (1) 她喜欢秘密地为他人做好事。
(2) 因此没有家庭可以依赖,他们只能独自狩猎,潜行阴暗处,靠著的是鬼祟以及智取才能生存下来。
(3) 窃贼偷偷进入那所房子。
(4) 那架隐形轰炸机在1989年完成它的处女飞行。
vocabulary简明 Stealth means to do something so quietly and carefully that no one notices, like the stealth of a kitten sneaking up on a mouse.
vocabulary扩展 Stealth and steal come from the same root word and used to mean the same thing. Stealth is still a certainly a quality useful in stealing, but the meaning has branched out. It can also be something quietly done in secret. For example, a stealth bomber is an aircraft that's hard to detect by radar. Or if you plan a birthday party by stealth, then the guest of honor will be pleasantly surprised.
柯林斯解释
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[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]暗中行动;偷偷摸摸;鬼鬼祟祟 If you use stealth when you do something, you do it quietly and carefully so that no one will notice what you are doing.
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  • He claimed Tony Blair is trying to get us into the euro by stealth...

    他声称托尼·布莱尔正试图神不知鬼不觉地让我们加入欧元体系。

  • Both sides advanced by stealth.

    双方都暗中向前推进。

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