cryptic
英 ['krɪptɪk]
美['krɪptɪk]
- adj. 神秘的，含义模糊的；[动] 隐藏的
英英释意
- 1. of an obscure nature;
- "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"
- "a deep dark secret"
- "the inscrutible workings of Providence"
- "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson
- "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
- 2. having a secret or hidden meaning;
- "cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"
- "cryptic writings"
- "thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther
- 3. having a puzzling terseness;
- "a cryptic note"