on the sly 的定义
- Furtively, secretly, as in She's always eating cookies on the sly. The adjective sly, which means “cunning” or “crafty,” is here used as a noun. [c. 1800]
on the sly 近义词
等同于 surreptitious
等同于 underground
等同于 subterrestrial
等同于 secretly
等同于 covertly
更多on the sly例句
- Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
- France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
- Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
- Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
- You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
- Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
- You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
- Mr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
- I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
- Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.