stealth
Surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledgedSurreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.
» The silence and stealth of a hungry cat.
Значення
значень: 3(без ступенів порівняння)Surreptitious; secret; not openly acknowledged.
(без ступенів порівняння)Having properties that diminish radar signatures.
(без ступенів порівняння)Hiding one's transgender status (in general or in specific areas of one's life, e.g. at work) after transition.
go stealth; be stealth; live stealth
Приклади
речень: 6The silence and stealth of a hungry cat.
I have master stealth skills, like a ninja.
The cheetah uses a combination of stealth and explosive acceleration to catch its prey.
Stealth is a leopard's greatest weapon.
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and have it found out by accident.
deDas größte Vergnügen, das ich kenne, ist es, heimlich eine gute Tat zu tun, die dann zufällig entdeckt wird. — Tamy
Походження
From Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic *stēliþō, to ProtFrom Middle English stelthe, from Old English stǣlþ, from Proto-Germanic *stēliþō, to Proto-Germanic *stelaną (“to steal, to sneak”) + *-iþō, equivalent to steal + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old English stalu (“theft, stealth”), Old High German stāla (“theft”), German Diebstahl (“theft”).
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