clandestine
/klænˈdestɪn/adjective
- kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit（尤因违法）秘密的; 暗中的, 私下的：
she deserved better than these clandestine meetings.
她应该得到的不止是这些私下会晤。
派生词
clandestinely
adverbclandestinity
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from French clandestin or Latin clandestinus, from clam 'secretly'.