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furtive

/fur-tiv/US // ˈfɜr tɪv //UK // (ˈfɜːtɪv) //

诡秘的,鬼鬼祟祟,诡秘,鬼鬼祟祟的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : taken, done, used, etc., surreptitiously or by stealth; secret: a furtive glance.
    • : sly; shifty: a furtive manner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.sneaky, secretive
Synonyms
clandestine秘密,秘密的,隐蔽性,隐秘conspiratorial阴谋论,阴谋的,阴谋家,阴谋论的covert隐蔽性,秘密的,隐蔽的,隐蔽surreptitious偷偷摸摸的,诡秘的,偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸地artful艺术性的,艺术性,艺术的,艺术性强calculating计算方法,计算,计算的,计算能力cautious谨慎的,慎重,慎重的,谨慎circumspect谨慎的,谨慎,审慎的,慎重cloaked隐身的,隐身,隐蔽的,隐形的crafty狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,狡黠的creepy令人毛骨悚然的,毛骨悚然,令人毛骨悚然,毛骨悚然的cunning狡猾的,狡猾,狡猾的人,狡诈disguised伪装的,伪装成的,伪装过的,伪装起来的elusive捉摸不定的,难以捉摸的,难以捉摸,捉摸不定evasive闪烁其词,闪烁其词的,闪缩的,闪避foxy狡猾的,狡猾,狐狸精,狡猾的人guileful狡猾的,狡猾的人,狡诈的,狡黠的hidden隐藏的,隐蔽的,隐秘的,隐蔽hush-hush遮遮掩掩,掩耳盗铃,遮遮掩掩的,遮遮掩掩地insidious阴险的,阴险,阴毒的,阴险狡诈masked戴面具的,蒙面的,带面具的,蒙面scheming谋略,心计,谋划,心术shifty变幻莫测,晃晃悠悠,阴阳怪气,变幻莫测的skulking偷偷摸摸,偷偷摸摸的,潜伏,潜行slinking滑行,偷偷摸摸,溜达,偷偷摸摸的sly狡猾的,狡猾,诡谲,诡异的stealthy隐秘的,隐蔽的,隐秘,隐蔽sub-rosa亚罗萨,亚罗斯,亚罗莎,亚罗tricky狡猾的,棘手的,很棘手,棘手under wraps包裹下的,隐蔽性,包裹中的,隐秘性under-the-table台下,表下,台下的,台下的人undercover卧底,卧卧底,卧底工作,卧探underhand低头族,劣势,劣质的,劣势地位underhanded卑鄙无耻,潜规则,劣质的,卑鄙无耻的wily狡猾的,聪明的,狡猾,狡猾的人

Examples

  • The prison romance was strengthened with the exchange of furtive signs and body language that both developed through the glass of the door and a window.

  • The problem is, she’s already spent that money on furtive, ritualistic binge-and-purge sessions whose secrecy she ensures by checking into a local motel.

  • I’d been looping a fan edit of every furtive look between Anakin and Padme for four hours straight when the recall notification came through.

  • It fully embraces the many YA and fantasy tropes that fill its story—furtive and longing glances between friends!

  • In its place, he and a small team created a wearable wireless video camera that record footage from his point of view—complete with furtive glances and eye blinks.

  • Pig [growling sotto voce behind his hand, mock-furtive as a Disneyland Foxy Loxy]: Take 35 percent off the top and split!

  • He fancied himself a Marxist, lived in rooming houses under aliases and was a furtive, nasty man.

  • Here is real, unmistakable nastiness of a fetid, furtive kind, whispered in corners after a cautious glance over the shoulder.

  • The handwriting clearly belonged to an unstable, conniving, furtive, shallow creep.

  • And it is Mark and Scott—not “Chad and Ted”—who partake of cigarettes and “furtive man-on-man action.”

  • Aristide suddenly bethought him of the furtive masquer of the night before.

  • Garnache had been all eyes for some furtive sign, some whispered word; but he had surprised neither.

  • The first evening we went to it, and he, unobserved, made furtive sketches of the most prominent people and the prettiest girls.

  • Dorothy again caught the furtive glance of the woman's evil eyes, and recoiled from it as if she had trodden upon a snake.

  • Twice had Le Pontois taken furtive glances at the stranger whose lined brow was so extraordinarily familiar.