conceal: [14] Conceal can be traced back to the Indo-European base *kel- ‘hide’, which was also the source of English apocalypse, cell, occult, and probably colour. It formed the basis of the Latin verb cēlāre ‘hide’, which was strengthened by the intensive prefix com- to produce concēlāre. This reached English via Old French conceler. Another offshoot of the Latin verb was the adverb clam ‘secretly’; from this was formed the adjective clandestīnus, acquired by English as clandestine in the 16th century. => apocalypse, cell, clandestine, hole, holster, occult, supercilious
conceal (v.)
early 14c., concelen, from Old French conceler "to hide, conceal, dissimulate," from Latin concelare "to hide," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- (2) "to cover, conceal" (see cell). Replaced Old English deagan. Related: Concealed; concealing.
实用例句
1. Frances decided to conceal the machine behind a hinged panel.
弗朗西斯决定把机器藏在带铰链的嵌板的后面。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He made no attempt to conceal his dislike of me.
他毫不掩饰对我的厌恶。
来自柯林斯例句
3. I shall conceal myself at a safe distance from the battlefield.
