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单词 hush-hush
释义
hush-hush
adjective
informal
uk
/ˌhʌʃˈhʌʃ/us
/ˌhʌʃˈhʌʃ/
keptsecretfrompeople:
秘密的
In the end he wasforcedtoresignbut it was all very hush-hush.最后他被迫辞职，但这些全是秘密发生的。
Synonyms
clandestineformal
cloak-and-dagger
secret
surreptitious
undercover
underground
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Secrecy and privacy
  • anonymity
  • anonymization
  • anonymize
  • anonymous
  • anonymously
  • cryptography
  • data protection
  • dead men tell no talesidiom
  • dissimulate
  • dissimulation
  • private
  • privately
  • privileged
  • pseudonym
  • pseudonymization
  • undisclosed
  • whitewash
  • whitewashing
  • wrap
  • wrapped (up) in secrecyidiom
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(Definition ofhush-hushfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

hush-hush| American Dictionary

hush-hush
adjective
us/ˈhʌʃˈhʌʃ/
infmlsecret:
I can’ttellyou anything about it – it’s all hush-hush.
(Definition ofhush-hushfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhush-hush

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There was ahush-hushatmosphere about it all and the things that did leak out never seemed to be in accord with the final communiqué.
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In order to do that they have instituted ahush-hushcampaign.
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We must have an end of this "hush-hush" attitude.
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The meetings are generallyhush-hushand le-in-the-corner affairs.
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We organised it during the war, but the steps that we took were supposed to behush-hush.
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The answer that it was all secret andhush-hushis utterly lame and unconvincing.
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I received a video from one buyer today so perhaps it is not really sohush-hush.
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Although it was meant to behush-hushin the house, everybody knew that it would happen after prayers.
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If the formula had worked properly, as it has not, there would be no need for anyhush-hush.
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However, this is all very "hush-hush" and we may have to keep an open mind on that question.
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I do not see any signs of it beinghush-hush.
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There is a kind ofhush-hushwhen a great battleship is constructed.
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I do not want a merehush-hushinquiry.
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I appeal to those who claim to represent the farmers not to let us have any morehush-hushabout agriculture.
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Further, is he satisfied with thehush-hushpolicy of the water company and the local authority?
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