| 释义 |
crypto colloq.|ˈkrɪptəʊ|
[The combining form crypto- used as a separate word.]
A person who conceals his adherence to a certain political group; spec. a crypto-communist. Also transf.
1946T. Driberg in Reynolds News 10 Mar. 2/2 Labour MPs of various shades of opinion—not by any means only the Communist ‘fellow-travellers’ or so-called ‘crypto's’. 1947W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 5th Ser. CDXXXVII. 456 Pacifists or ‘cryptos’, or that breed of degenerate intellectuals. 1949‘C. Hare’ When Wind Blows 147 Is there any chance of our being able to find a crypto?.. I mean, another man like Ventry, who can really play the thing but doesn't let on that he can. |