Crypt



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.隐藏的, 秘密的; 地窖
• ［英］ adj.隐藏的, 秘密的; 地窖 ( secret recess or vault)
• ［记］ crypt ( 秘密) 本身就是词根

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin crypta, from Greek kryptē, from feminine of kryptos hidden, from kryptein to hide; perhaps akin to Lithuanian krauti to pile up
• Date: 1789
• 1.
  • a. a chamber (as a vault) wholly or partly underground; especially a vault under the main floor of a church
  • b. a chamber in a mausoleum
• 2.
  • a. an anatomical pit or depression
  • b. a simple tubular gland

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