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Secretive Adj Si:Krətiv A.守口如瓶的 英 守口如瓶的(Liking One's Thoughts

单词 secretive
音标 ['si:krətiv]
解释 a.守口如瓶的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 守口如瓶的(liking to keep one's thoughts, intentions, or actions hidden from other people)
【考】 反义词:grandiloque nt(夸大的,张扬的)
字源 secretive (adj.)
"inclined to secrecy," 1815 (implied in secretiveness); see secret (n.) + -ive. The word also was in Middle English with a sense "secret, hidden" (mid-15c.). Related: Secretively.
不择手段背单词 adj. 守口如瓶的; 秘密的; 促进分泌的
【反】grandiloquent(adj 夸张的; 夸大的)
趣味全助记 【记】secret + tive

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