单词 | hide |
释义 | hide (haɪd ) Word forms: hides , hiding , hid , hidden 1. verb B1 If you hide something or someone, you put them in a place where they cannot easily be seen or found. He hid the bicycle in the hawthorn hedge. [VERB noun] They could see that I was terrified, and hid me until the coast was clear. [VERB noun] Synonyms: conceal, stash [informal], secrete, cache 2. verb B1 If you hide or if you hide yourself, you go somewhere where you cannot easily be seen or found. At their approach the little boy scurried away and hid. [VERB] They hid themselves behind a tree. [VERB pronoun-reflexive] Synonyms: go into hiding, take cover, keep out of sight, hole up 3. verb B1+ If you hide your face, you press your face against something or cover your face with something, so that people cannot see it. She hid her face under the collar of his jacket and she started to cry. [VERB noun] He hid his face in his hands again, lost in his own thoughts. [VERB noun] 4. verb B1+ If you hide what you feel or know, you keep it a secret, so that no one knows about it. Lee tried to hide his excitement. [VERB noun] I have absolutely nothing to hide, I have done nothing wrong. [VERB noun] Alison was not the sort of person to hide anything from her dad. [VERB noun] Synonyms: keep secret, suppress, withhold, keep quiet about 5. verb B1+ If something hides an object, it covers it and prevents it from being seen. The man's heavy moustache hid his upper lip completely. [VERB noun] The compound was hidden by trees and shrubs. [VERB noun] Synonyms: obscure, cover, screen, bury 6. countable noun A hide is a place which is built to look like its surroundings. Hides are used by people who want to watch or photograph animals and birds without being seen by them. [mainly British] regional note: in AM, use blind7. variable noun A hide is the skin of a large animal such as a cow, horse, or elephant, which can be used for making leather. ...the process of tanning animal hides. ...kangaroo hide. Synonyms: skin, fell, leather, pelt 8. See also hidden, hiding Idioms: someone hasn't seen hide nor hair of someone said to mean that someone has not seen someone else, although they expected to They never found her. It was a bad business. The wrong she did, it's never left me, but I haven't seen hide nor hair of her since. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers hide your light under a bushel to say little about your skills and good features, instead of being confident and telling other people about them Don't be tempted to hide your light under a bushel for fear of upsetting other people. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hide a lie An illustration of the balance between faith and works lies hidden within any tree. Christianity Today These images have lain hidden for 82 years. The Sun The historical rather than the judicial truth lies hidden behind the dark glasses worn by the general. Times, Sunday Times Cave of forgotten dreams irectly beneath the human remains a deeper dark lies hidden in the hill. Times,Sunday Times Instead of turning into carefree supermodels, their weight loss has left them with vast folds of ugly skin that lie hidden beneath their clothes like a guilty secret. Times, Sunday Times A surgery was carried out later with a reconstructive plastic surgery carried out to hide the scar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Is there any product that will hide the scars? The Sun He initially wore it as part of an attempt to hide the scars, but now they are all healed up, the fedora has stayed (conveniently also covering baldness). Times, Sunday Times In the months that followed she would often tuck her chin into the top of her jumper to hide the scars, now healed thanks to the painstaking work of surgeons. The Sun She still prefers trousers to hide the scars. Times, Sunday Times All of us aware of their relationship found it amusing, and some could not hide a smile. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He hid his smile behind a face of pretend seriousness. Times, Sunday Times Her serene smile hides what must be the most dreadful turmoil. Times, Sunday Times But the smiles hid her battle with cystic fibrosis and epilepsy. The Sun But her smile hid unimaginable fear and sadness. The Sun So, what if you have only two or three scrubby sycamores that hide your view of a dozen other houses? Times, Sunday Times The photos are taken before the service because the crowds hide the view of the star. Times, Sunday Times Not only do voters hide their views from the poor pollsters but many couples never tell each other where they cross their ballot paper. Times, Sunday Times He waited until 1769, but, just as the eclipse began, a solitary cloud hid his view. Times, Sunday Times She appears to have made only a token effort to hide her views. Times, Sunday Times The fund used 'bearer shares', which hide the identity of their owners, making them difficult for tax authorities to track. Times, Sunday Times But whoever drew it went to great lengths to hide their identity. The Sun It then morphed into an anonymised injunction, in which the parties are known by randomly generated letters to hide their identity. Times, Sunday Times To hide their identity, they wear butterfly masks - which not only fail to hide their identity, but make this all the more unsettling. The Sun There were fears that the ruling will pave the way for other highprofile criminals to use human rights laws to hide their identity. Times, Sunday Times You cannot ignore or hide the truth now you know it and you have no option but to come clean with him too. The Sun Politicians and generals have always sought to hide the truth of war in verbal camouflage. Times, Sunday Times But she didn't hide the truth from colleagues for long. The Sun But the prime minister has said bureaucratic inefficiency, rather than any intention to hide the truth, explained why the government didn't come clean sooner. canada.com However, it must be wrong to hide the truth, however painful. Times, Sunday Times They are chock-full of sports to which we have had little or no exposure; hidden treasures that can be trawled and explored at leisure. Times, Sunday Times A hint of chilli and soft flakes of lemon zest are hidden treasure in this savoury stew. Times, Sunday Times There are no gimmicks - no milk floats to ride or fridges to transport - no hare-brained schemes or impossibly hidden treasure. The Times Literary Supplement Could there be hidden treasures out there, things suppressed until now by the arts oligarchy and which a swing in fashion could bring to light? Times, Sunday Times Some walls hide treasure, shortcuts, and most areas have a locked or trapped chest or two (though the chests and monsters can respawn with different permutations). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 These insects hide underground doing nothing for 17 years. Times, Sunday Times They do not hide underground like cowardly rabbits. Times, Sunday Times A singing cricket literally faces its own burrow and can instantly hide underground. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Phasing allows units to quickly hide underground, making them effective for close-quarters ambushes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new road will be hidden underground so there'll be no noise. The Sun They may look like they have a tough hide but in reality, they are very sensitive. The Sun And that was more than 60 years ago, before it showed its really tough hide. Times, Sunday Times It requires a tough hide and a sensitive heart. Christianity Today Tough hide would then be wound around the handle and inside the grooves, binding the ground stone and the handle together. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A mutated specimen possessed chameleonic abilities and an ultra tough hide. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 藏, 藏, 隐藏, 兽皮 Japanese: 隠す, 隠れる, ・・・を隠す, 皮革 |
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