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stealthy

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stealth·y /ˈstelθi/ adjective  HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEmoving or doing something quietly and secretly 悄悄的,鬼鬼祟祟的,偷偷的 the stealthy approach of the soldiers 士兵的悄悄靠近stealthily adverb
Examples from the Corpus
stealthyThe figure was always just ahead of him, crouched low but quick and stealthy.The YF-22 proved more manoeuvrable than its opponent, although marginally less stealthy.And his presence will cause others to become jealous, including the stealthy Jack of All Trades.There was stealthy movement at the edge of the wood.the stealthy movements of a hunterFifty feet ahead, dolphins cut a stealthy path through oily waters.Journalists now subject him to the scrutiny he avoided in his stealthy rise.Somehow it fitted into my stealthy, secretive nature.Yes, there it was again, a stealthy sound, quite close at hand.
stealth·y adjectiveChineseSyllable
secretly something Corpus moving and quietly or doing


stealthy
stealthy /ˈstelθi/ adjective
moving or doing something quietly and secretly:
    the stealthy approach of the soldiers
—stealthily adverb


stealthyBrE /ˈstelθi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstelθi/ 🔊 adjectivedoing things quietly and secretly; done quietly and secretly 偷偷摸摸的;不声张的;秘密的a stealthy animal行动诡秘的动物a stealthy movement隐蔽的移动 stealth·ily BrE /ˈstelθɪli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstelθɪli/ 🔊 adverb