| 单词 | under or in wraps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunder or in wraps 4. plural. In figurative phrases referring to concealment or disuse, as under or in wraps, concealed; in abeyance; to take or pull the wraps off, to disclose; to bring back into use. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [noun] coverture1393 laina1400 coveringc1400 palliation?c1425 lainingc1440 lonea1450 hudder-mudder1461 hugger-mugger1529 concealment1565 celation1567 hugger1576 burial1596 smothering1602 suppression1651 disguisal1652 hugger-mug1654 latitancy1701 cover-up1927 wraps1939 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adverb] latently1568 underground1632 uninstructively1816 under or in wraps1939 society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)] unwryc825 unhelec1000 to draw forthc1175 unhillc1200 to bring forth?c1225 unsteekc1250 let witc1275 uncovera1300 wraya1300 knowc1300 barea1325 shrivec1374 unwrapc1374 again-covera1382 nakena1382 outc1390 tellc1390 disclosea1393 cough1393 unhidea1400 unclosec1400 unhaspc1400 bewrayc1405 reveal1409 accusea1413 reveil1424 unlocka1425 unrekec1425 disclude?1440 uncurec1440 utter1444 detect1447 break1463 expose1483 divinec1500 revelate1514 to bring (also put) to light1526 decipher1529 rake1547 rip1549 unshadow1550 to lay to sight1563 uppen1565 unlace1567 unvisor?1571 resign1572 uncloak1574 disshroud1577 spill1577 reap1578 unrip1579 scour1585 unharboura1586 unmask1586 uncase1587 descrya1591 unclasp?1592 unrive1592 discover1594 unburden1594 untomb1594 unhusk1596 dismask1598 to open upc1600 untruss1600 divulge1602 unshale1606 unbrace1607 unveil1609 rave1610 disveil1611 unface1611 unsecret1612 unvizard1620 to open up1624 uncurtain1628 unscreen1628 unbare1630 disenvelop1632 unclothe1632 to lay forth1633 unshroud1633 unmuffle1637 midwife1638 dissecret1640 unseal1640 unmantle1643 to fetch out1644 undisguise1655 disvelop1658 decorticate1660 clash1667 exert1692 disinter1711 to up with1715 unbundlea1739 develop1741 disembosom1745 to open out1814 to let out1833 unsack1846 uncrown1849 to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861 unfrock1866 disbosom1868 to blow the lid off1928 flush1950 surface1955 to take or pull the wraps off1964 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 18 Dec. 3/6 The fact that the belligerents have kept their air power under wraps almost from the beginning reveals more than meets the eye. 1950 ‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Miss Ashley xv. 178 You grabbed his notebooks and tried..to keep them under wraps. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 49 Some members of the committee were insistent that the entire uranium project should be put in wraps for the duration. 1964 New Society 15 Feb. 21/2 The Government took the wraps off its plan for regenerating the Northeast. 1965 Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 20 Jan. (1970) 226 Next Hubert [Humphrey] stepped forward—for once his exuberance was under wraps. 1973 Times 4 Oct. 4/3 Only now was the truth about battered wives being revealed ‘because the wraps have just been pulled off a taboo subject’. 1978 Dumfries Courier 20 Oct. 11/1 Show visitors will see numerous others which are still under wraps until nearer the Show. 1984 Times 14 May 7/2 This week will see the wraps coming off another popular project, where Britain wants to be seen leading the way. < as lemmas |
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