| 单词 | cryptic |
| 释义 | cryptic adjective uk/ˈkrɪp.tɪk/us/ˈkrɪp.tɪk/mysteriousanddifficulttounderstand: 神秘的，隐秘的；有隐义的；费解的I got a cryptictextmessagefromSam.我收到萨姆发来的一条含义隐晦的短信。 Synonyms enigmatic inscrutable mysterious Difficult to understand
cryptic| American Dictionarycryptic adjective us/ˈkrɪp·tɪk/mysteriousanddifficulttounderstand: a crypticmessage/remark Examplesofcrypticcryptic Meliponine nests are often fairlycrypticand can be difficult to locate. From theCambridge English Corpus In yet another sense, a literary work can become acrypticembodiment of traumatic losses for a readership torn by inexpressible anxieties. From theCambridge English Corpus We have no reason to suspect the identifications of these species (unless they arecrypticspecies). From theCambridge English Corpus The isopod probably avoided earlier detection because of itscryptichabits. From theCambridge English Corpus It is suggested that thecrypticnon-additive variance, especially epistasis, can be released when a population is disturbed by changes in the environment. From theCambridge English Corpus However, in some cases this process can reveal furthercryptic, alternative splice sites, and thus, unexpectedly, reduce vector expression. From theCambridge English Corpus However, adjacent clines would tend to annihilate each other, and some mechanism is needed to generatecrypticdivergence. From theCambridge English Corpus The use of photographic rates to estimate d ensities of tigers and o thercrypticmammals. From theCambridge English Corpus The coccids have acrypticendophytic lifestyle and are confined to this microhabitat. From theCambridge English Corpus One explanation is that they simply represent gene flow that occurs between thecrypticspecies. From theCambridge English Corpus Thecrypticfemale choice hypothesis, in contrast, predicts frequent lack of complementary structures or behaviour in the female. From theCambridge English Corpus Incrypticcrosswords this phenomenon is taken to an extreme. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of thecrypticlifestyles of some fish parasites may have evolved, in part, as a response to cleaning. From theCambridge English Corpus A second, deeper, level of meaning, however, has been suggested, more hidden andcrypticand marked by liminality. From theCambridge English Corpus The owl's response is brief andcryptic: learn how to fly. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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