surreptitious

可能来自 sur-,在下，-rept,爬，词源同 reptile,爬行动物。引申词义秘密的，偷偷摸摸的。

surreptitious

surreptitious: [15] Latin surreptītius meant ‘taken away secretly’. It was formed from the past participle of surripere ‘take away secretly’, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under’, hence ‘secretly’, and rapere ‘seize’ (source of English rape, rapture, etc). English acquired surreptitious direct from the Latin adjective.
=> rape, rapture, ravenous

surreptitious (adj.)

mid-15c., from Latin surrepticius "stolen, furtive, clandestine," from surreptus, past participle of surripere "seize secretly, take away, steal, plagiarize," from assimilated form of sub "from under" (hence, "secretly;" see sub-) + rapere "to snatch" (see rapid). Related: Surreptitiously.

1. She sneaked a surreptitious glance at her watch.

她偷偷看了一眼手表。

2. His surreptitious behaviour naturally aroused suspicion.

他那鬼鬼祟祟的行为自然引起了旁人的怀疑.

3. He made a surreptitious entrance to the club through the little door in the brick wall.

他从砖墙的小门偷偷进入俱乐部。

4. They had several surreptitious conversations.

他们有过几次秘密会谈。

5. Such surreptitious bypassing of Standlely was distasteful.

这种偷偷摸摸的绕过斯坦德莱的做法令人厌恶.