| 单词 | hide |
| 释义 | hide 1. v. & n. --v (past hid; past part. hidden or archaic hid) 1. tr. put or keep out of sight (hid it under the cushion; hid her in the cupboard). 2. intr. conceal oneself. 3. tr. (usu. foll. by from) keep (a fact) secret (hid his real motive from her). 4. tr. conceal (a thing) from sight intentionally or not (trees hid the house). --n Brit. a camouflaged shelter used for observing wildlife or hunting animals. Phrases and idioms hidden reserves extra profits, resources, etc. kept concealed in reserve. hide-and-seek 1. a children's game in which one or more players seek a child or children hiding. 2. a process of attempting to find an evasive person or thing. hide one's head keep out of sight, esp. from shame. hide one's light under a bushel conceal one's merits (Matthew 5:15). hide out (or up) remain in concealment. hide-out colloq. a hiding-place. hidey- (or hidy-) hole colloq. a hiding-place. Derivatives hider n. Etymology: OE hydan f. WG 2. n. & v. --n 1. the skin of an animal, esp. when tanned or dressed. 2. colloq. the human skin (saved his own hide; I'll tan your hide). --vtr. colloq. flog. Derivatives hided adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE hyd f. Gmc 3. n. a former measure of land large enough to support a family and its dependants, usu. between 60 and 120 acres. Etymology: OE hi(gi)d f. hiw-, hig- household |
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