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单词 stealth
释义 stealth
I. \ˈstelth also -ltth\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English stalthe, stelthe; akin to Old English stelan to steal
1.
 a. archaic : the act or an instance of stealing : theft
  < ingratitude makes it worse than stealth — Shakespeare >
 b. obsolete : something that is stolen : booty
  < pursue the stealth of pilfering wolf — John Milton >
2. : the act or action of going or passing furtively, secretly, or imperceptibly
 < told him of your stealth unto this wood — Shakespeare >
 < the realization of it was creeping through her veins with the deadly stealth of a drug — J.C.Snaith >
 < with the stealth of years … she had lost a little bloom — Francis Hackett >
3. : furtiveness, slyness
 < equaled this great wood-cat in stealth, and far surpassed it in cunning and ferocity — Theodore Roosevelt >

- by stealth
II. noun
Usage: often attributive
: an aircraft-design characteristic consisting of oblique angular construction and avoidance of vertical surfaces that is intended to produce a very weak radar return
III. adjective
Etymology: stealth, noun
: intended not to attract attention : stealthy
 < a stealth campaign >
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