单词 | cryptically |
释义 | ˈcryptically, adv. [f. cryptical a. + -ly2.] a. In a cryptical manner.
1680Boyle Produc. Chem. Princ. ii. 68 If we take the word Acid..in a familiar sense, without Cryptically distinguishing it from those vapors that are akin to it. b. Zool. Of coloration (cf. cryptic a. 3).
1922Encycl. Brit. XXX. 725/2 This revealing coloration..is as a rule hidden by a cryptically coloured fore wing. 1953N. Tinbergen Herring Gull's World x. 95 Finding a nest with its cryptically coloured eggs takes some time. |

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