(a.) Done or made by stealth, or without proper
authority; made or introduced fraudulently; clandestine; stealthy; as,
a surreptitious passage in an old manuscript; a surreptitious removal
of goods.
科林整理
双语例句
Have you not heard the astonishing intelligence regarding her surreptitious union? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
I could not do without my tea, said Mrs Dengelton, who was given to surreptitious cups of tea at odd hours of the day, and yet I have nerves. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.