单词 | sub-rosa |
释义 | sub-rosa (once / 738707 pages) adj WORD FAMILY sub-rosa USAGE EXAMPLESMy father would not have believed in the possibility of sub-rosa vocations. Chang-rae Lee, Native Speaker(1995) The Internet has featured fury from all sides, and some bloggers have labeled the proposal a sub-rosa effort to spread extremist Islam. New York Times(Jul 14, 2010) Although his pen has probably covered more pages than Balzac’s, this is the first time Sub-Rosa has really “turned author.” Borrow, George Henry, Lavengro—The Scholar, The Gypsy, Th...(2010) adj designed and carried out secretly or confidentially a sub-rosa report Syn behind-the-scenes, under-the-table covert secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed |
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