secretive
adjective /ˈsiːkrətɪv/
/ˈsiːkrətɪv/
- secretive (about something) tending or liking to hide your thoughts, feelings, actions, etc. from other people
惯于掩藏自己的；不外露的 - He's very secretive about his work.
他对自己的工作讳莫如深。 - The child became secretive and withdrawn.
那孩子变得内向孤僻。 - his highly secretive nature
他讳莫如深的本性
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- about
词源mid 19th cent.: back-formation from secretiveness, suggested by French secrétivité, from secret ‘secret’. - He's very secretive about his work.