in petto

短语

[意]秘密地, 不公开地(指教皇指派红衣主教, 但尚未提名), 小型地

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Designated as a cardinal but not yet announced.

    宗教
  2. 2.

    Secret, private.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Privately, in secret.

词源

Borrowed from Italian in petto (“in the chest”).

来源：wiktionary