hole-and-corner / ˈhoʊl ənˈkɔr nər /

⚽高中词汇孔和角孔和角落孔和角的洞和角

hole-and-corner 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. secretive; clandestine; furtive: The political situation was full of hole-and-corner intrigue.
  2. trivial and colorless: She was living a hole-and-corner existence of daily drudgery.

hole-and-corner 近义词

hole-and-corner

等同于 surreptitious

hole-and-corner

等同于 undercover

更多hole-and-corner例句

  1. As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
  2. As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.
  3. So I drove around the corner to the trailhead of the logging road that led back to the crash site.
  4. His monotonous music is, really, like the audio soundtrack to a k-hole.
  5. I rolled him over to see where it came out, and there was no big hole in the back.
  6. But Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
  7. Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
  8. Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.
  9. Cheap as they are, they are a poorer speculation than even corner lots in a lithographic city of Nebraska or Oregon.
  10. Squinty, several times, looked at the hole under the pen, by which he had once gotten out.