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clandestine 音标拼音: [klænd'ɛstɪn] a. 秘密的 秘密的 clandestine adj 1: conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods; " clandestine intelligence operations"; " cloak- and- dagger activities behind enemy lines"; " hole- and- corner intrigue"; " secret missions"; " a secret agent"; " secret sales of arms"; " surreptitious mobilization of troops"; " an undercover investigation"; " underground resistance" [ synonym: { clandestine}, { cloak- and- dagger}, { hole- and- corner( a)}, { hugger- mugger}, { hush- hush}, { secret}, { surreptitious}, { undercover}, { underground}] Clandestine \ Clan* des" tine\, a. [ L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.] Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. -- Locke. Syn: Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. -- { Clan* des" tine* ly}, adv. -- { Clan* des" tine* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " clandestine": back- door, backstairs, covert, feline, furtive, hidlings, hole- and- corner, hugger- mugger, privy, quiet, shifty, skulking, slinking, slinky, sly, sneaking, sneaky, stealthy, surreptitious, under- the- counter, under- the- table, undercover, underground, underhand, underhanded, unobtrusive
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