clandestine

🇬🇧 UK/klæn'destin/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2

Definitions

adj.

Done secretly, especially to conceal an illegal or improper purpose

秘密的;偷偷摸摸的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
clamstem
+
destconnector
+
ineof, relating to, resembling
=clandestine

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    During the war, resistance fighters conducted clandestine meetings in basements.

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