| 单词 | cryptic |
| 释义 | cryptic —cryptically, adv. /krip"tik/, adj. Also, cryptical. 1. mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message. 2. abrupt; terse; short: a cryptic note. 3. secret; occult: a cryptic writing. 4. involving or using cipher, code, etc. 5. Zool. fitted for concealing; serving to camouflage. n. 6. a cryptogram, esp. one designed as a puzzle. [1595-1605; < LL crypticus < Gk kryptikós hidden. See CRYPT, -IC] Syn. 1. enigmatic, perplexing. See ambiguous. |
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