secrete
verb[T]
uk/sɪˈkriːt/us/sɪˈkriːt/secreteverb[T](PRODUCE)
biologyspecialized
(ofanimalsorplantsortheircells) toproduceandreleasealiquid:
(动植物或其细胞)分泌Saliva is aliquidsecreted byglandsin or near themouth.唾液是由嘴中或嘴部周围的腺体分泌的一种液体。
Physical & chemical processes
- absorbable
- absorptive
- absorptive capacity
- acidification
- addition reaction
- condense
- evaporate
- evaporation
- excitability
- excitation
- excite
- exergonic
- nuclear fission
- oxidize
- recondense
- redox
- refraction
- rehydrate
- reliquefy
- solidify
secreteverb[T](HIDE)
formal
to put something in aplacewhere it isunlikelyto befound:
隐藏;隐匿He wasarrestedat theairportwith akiloofheroinsecretedinhisclothing.他在机场被捕时衣服里藏了1公斤海洛因。
to keep someone or something from being seen
- hideI'll need to hide the sweets so the children don't find them.
- concealHe did his best to conceal his true feelings from his spouse.
- secreteThe spies smuggled the films out of the country by secreting them in the lining of their coats.
- cloakThe proceedings were cloaked in secrecy.
Hiding and disguising
- be holed upidiom
- booby trap
- camo
- camouflage
- camouflaged
- cloak
- drown
- hiding
- hit the deckidiom
- hole up (somewhere)
- illusion
- incognito
- obscure
- shroud
- shut
- shutsomeone/somethingout
- sidle
- skulk
- smokescreen
- tuck