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cryptic 音标拼音: [kr'ɪptɪk] a. 秘密的,神秘的,含义模糊的,隐藏的 秘密的,神秘的,含义模糊的,隐藏的 cryptic adj 1: of an obscure nature; " the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; " a deep dark secret"; " the inscrutable workings of Providence"; " in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; " rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands" [ synonym: { cryptic}, { cryptical}, { deep}, { inscrutable}, { mysterious}, { mystifying}] 2: having a secret or hidden meaning; " cabalistic symbols engraved in stone"; " cryptic writings"; " thoroughly sibylline in most of his pronouncements"- John Gunther [ synonym: { cabalistic}, { kabbalistic}, { qabalistic}, { cryptic}, { cryptical}, { sibylline}] 3: having a puzzling terseness; " a cryptic note" Cryptic \ Cryp" tic\ ( kr[ i^] p" t[ i^] k), Cryptical \ Cryp" tic* al\ (- t?- kal), a. [ L. crypticus, Gr. kryptiko` s, fr. kry` ptein to hide.] Hidden; secret; occult. " Her [ nature' s] more cryptic ways of working." -- Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster] 2. incomprehensible to those not familiar with the culture or jargon; as, the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms. Syn: inscrutable, mysterious, mystifying. [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. having a secret or hidden meaning; as, cryptic symbols engraved in stone; cryptic writings. Syn: cabalistic, occult, secret, sibylline. [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. having a puzzling terseness; as, a cryptic note. [ WordNet 1. 5] 4. not evident; unrecognized; as, a cryptic infection. [ PJC] 5. written in a code or cipher; as, a cryptic message. Syn: encoded, enciphered, encrypted. [ PJC] 82 Moby Thesaurus words for " cryptic": abstruse, arcane, between the lines, cabalistic, cabbalistic, censored, classified, close, closed, concealed, covert, dark, delitescent, dormant, enigmatic, equivocal, esoteric, evasive, hermetic, hibernating, hidden, hush- hush, incomprehensible, inexplicable, inscrutable, latent, lurking, muffled, murky, mysterious, mystic, mystical, mystifying, nebulous, obfuscated, obscure, obscured, occult, opaque, perplexing, possible, potential, puzzling, recondite, restricted, riddling, secret, secretive, sleeping, smothered, sphinxlike, stifled, strange, submerged, suppressed, tenebrous, top secret, ulterior, unbreatheable, unclear, under security, under the surface, under wraps, underlying, undisclosable, undisclosed, undivulgable, undivulged, unfathomable, uninformative, unmanifested, unrevealable, unrevealed, unspoken, untellable, untold, unutterable, unuttered, unwhisperable, vague, veiled, virtual
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