英语词汇“stealthily”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

stealthily

释义

stealth /stelth/

noun

A secret procedure or manner
Furtiveness
A theft (Spenser, Shakespeare)
A thing stolen (Milton)
Secret or unobtrusive going or passage (Shakespeare)

adjective (military jargon)

Of, using, or associated with technological means of avoiding detection, such as (in aircraft) reducing noise, infra-red emissions, radar reflections and (in personnel) wearing clothing that reduces the risk of observation by infrared night-sights

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To approach (an enemy, etc) without being detected, as certain martial arts experts are trained to do

ORIGIN: From steal¹

stealthˈily adverb

stealthˈiness noun

stealthˈing noun

The act or process of approaching, eg an enemy, without being detected

stealthˈy adjective

Acted or acting with stealth
Furtive

stealth bomber or stealth fighter noun

A military aircraft of a design that enables it to escape radar detection

stealth tax noun (informal)

A tax that is applied in such a way that taxpayers are unaware of its imposition

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