小词详解 | furtive

furtive 英 [ˈfɜːtɪv] 美 [ˈfɜːrtɪv]

• Stealth fighter jets are designed to be as furtive as possible and sneak through radar without being noticed.
  隐形战斗机就是要尽可能地行迹诡秘，能在雷达的追踪下潜行而不被捕捉到行踪。
  ——《经济学人》
• Many try to hide their surprise, but their furtive glances say it all.
  许多人试图掩饰他们的惊讶，但他们游移的眼神透露了一切。
  ——《纽约时报》

• 贼头贼脑的老鼠
  a furtive rat
• 她鬼鬼祟祟地往身后扫了一眼，然后打开门锁进了房子。
  With a furtive glance over her shoulder, she unlocked the door and entered the house.

“Don't call me Solomon. Do you want to be the death of me?” asked the man, in a furtive, frightened way.
“别叫我所罗门。你想害死我么？”那人悄悄地、紧张地说。

• secretive: (of a person or an organization) inclined to conceal feelings and intentions or not to disclose information
• surreptitious: kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of
• sly: (of an action) surreptitious