furtive是什么意思_furtive怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed;"a furtive manner"
"a sneak attack"
"stealthy footsteps"
"a surreptitious glance at his watch"

secret and sly or sordid;"backstairs gossip"
"his low backstairs cunning"
"backstairs intimacies"
"furtive behavior"

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中英词源

furtive 偷偷摸摸的

来自拉丁语fur, 小偷，贼。进一步来自PIE*bher, 携带，带来，词源同bring, infer.

furtive: furtive: [15] Etymologically, someone who is furtive ‘carries things away like a thief’. The word comes via Old French furtif from Latin furtīvus ‘stealthy, hidden’, a derivative of furtum ‘theft’, which in turn was based on fūr ‘thief’. This was either borrowed from or related to Greek phór ‘thief’, which came ultimately from Indo-European *bher- ‘carry’ (source of English bear) and thus meant literally ‘someone who carries things off’. A ferret is etymologically a ‘furtive’ animal.
=> bear, ferret
furtive (adj.): 16c., from Middle French furtif (16c.), from Latin furtivus "stolen," hence also "hidden, secret," from furtum "theft, robbery; a stolen thing," from fur (genitive furis) "a thief, extortioner," also a general term of abuse, "rascal, rogue," probably from PIE *bhor-, from root *bher- (1) "to carry" (see infer). Related: Furtiveness.

词态变化

副词 furtively;
名词 furtiveness;

权威造句

1. She was furtive and vicious by temperament.: 她本来做事就偷偷摸摸，心肠狠毒。

2. She cast a furtive glance over her shoulder.: 她心里不安，回头偷偷瞥了一下。

3. The teacher was suspicious of the student"s furtive behaviour during the exam.: 老师怀疑这个学生在考试时有偷偷摸摸的行为.

4. His furtive behaviour aroused our suspicion.: 他鬼鬼祟祟的行为引起了我们的怀疑.

5. Presently the boy began to steal furtive glances at the girl.: 这时汤姆偷偷地瞥了那女孩几次.

近反义词

secret 秘密

stealthy 隐密的

sly 狡猾的

sneaky 鬼祟的

underhanded 不光明的

shifty 诡诈的

private 私人的

closet 壁橱

surreptitious 暗中进行的

secretive 秘密的

clandestine 秘密的(常指违法的行为)...

backstairs 秘密的

sneak 偷偷摸摸做

backstair 间接的

相似短语

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单词分析

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记忆方法

1. bear => fer- "carry" => Latin fur (genitive furis) "thief" (literally "someone who carries things off") => furt- "theft, robbery" => furtive.
2. Etymologically, someone who is furtive "carries things away like a thief".

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