Stealthy

(superl.) Done by stealth; accomplished clandestinely; unperceived; secret; furtive; sly.

哈里特编辑

• A low, stealthy sound came to my ears, not from the direction of Baker Street, but from the back of the very house in which we lay concealed. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Alcibiades cast a stealthy look at Caliphronas, and considered a few moments. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• A stealthy glance now and then refreshed her like sips of fresh water after a dusty walk, for the sidelong peeps showed her several propitious omens. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Her stealthy paws tread the very hall Where Snowball used to play, But she only spits at the dogs our pet So gallantly drove away. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• He was dark, and smooth-skinned, and full of a stealthy vigour. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Following him with stealthy tread, Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Winkle soon found themselves in the garden. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The touch was as stealthy and as sudden as that other touch which had petrified me from head to foot on the night when we first met. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Presently a faint rustling of the bush apprised him of the stealthy creeping of the thing behind. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• We all felt the sudden chill in the atmosphere, but the Count was the first to notice the stealthy rising of the wind. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• In this way we should be able to watch our man if he struck a light, and see what his object was in this stealthy nocturnal visit. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.

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