| 单词 | to go underground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go underground b. Into hiding or surreptitious activity, esp. in to go underground: applied chiefly to political organizations and their representatives which continue to operate in secret (and often subversively) after becoming officially unacceptable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > escape observation [verb (intransitive)] lurkc1374 buryc1449 hoard1567 to go underground1935 society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > political disaffection > [adverb] > with secret organization underground1935 1935 Ann. Reg. 1934 ii. 198 The Socialist leaders..decided that it was best to accept defeat: those leaders who were known made for the frontier, the others ‘went underground’ and began at once the organising of an illegal party. 1949 ‘M. Innes’ Journeying Boy xxiii. 285 There was nothing for it but a quick get-away and a going underground for good. 1960 E. Bowen Time in Rome iv. 118 Like Resistance workers in the occupied countries, long-ago Christians, from time to time, strategically ‘went underground’. 1977 Times 15 June 1/5 The crucial factor was the subsequent move underground by a handful of those people [sc. Soviet sympathizers], and the covers they assumed to mask their new role as agents. < as lemmas |
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