hugger-mugger

短语

a. 秘密的, 杂乱的 adv. 秘密地, 杂乱地 n. 秘密, 杂乱 vt. 保守...的秘密 vi. 偷偷干

发音

UK /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/
其它
UK /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/
US /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/

词形变化

hugger-muggered hugger-muggering hugger-muggers 三单 hugger-muggers hugger-muggering 现在分词 hugger-muggered 过去式 hugger-muggered 过去分词 more hugger-mugger 比较级 most hugger-mugger 最高级

别名

huggermugger hucker-mucker hoker-moker

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Secrecy.

    古体 不可数
  2. 2.

    Disorder.

    不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To meet or act secretly.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Secret, clandestine, sly.

  2. 2.

    Disorderly, chaotic, confused.

    hugger-mugger doings

adv.
  1. 1.

    Secretly.

  2. 2.

    Confusedly, in a muddle.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

confusion
动词

上位词 9

do act carry bear behave conduct deport acquit comport
形容词

同义词 10

secret underground undercover disorderly clandestine hush-hush jumbled topsy-turvy surreptitious cloak-and-dagger

近义相关 2

covert untidy

词源

Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”).

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