hugger-mugger
英 ['hʌgəˌmʌgə] 美 ['hʌgəˌmʌgə]

adj.

秘密的，杂乱的；

adv.

秘密地，杂乱地；

n.

秘密，杂乱；

v.

偷偷干，保守…的秘密；

英英释义

hugger-mugger[ 'hʌgə,mʌgə ]

• n.a state of confusion; ritual accompanied by complicated and purposeless activity that obscures and confuses

  "he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance"

  同义词：mumbo jumbo

• v.act stealthily or secretively

  同义词：hugger mugger

• adj.
  • in utter disorder

    同义词：disorderlyhiggledy-piggledyjumbledtopsy-turvy

  • conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

    同义词：clandestinecloak-and-daggerhole-and-corner(a)hush-hushsecretsurreptitiousundercoverunderground

• adv.in secrecy

  "they did it all hugger-mugger"

权威例句

Hugger mugger
HUGGER-MUGGER
Hugger- mugger
Hugger-Mugger in Old Queen Street: The Origins of the Conservative Research Department
The Last of the Huggermuggers
THE HUGGER-MUGGER OF ENFORCING SOCIO-ECONOMIC RIGHTS IN GHANA: A THREAT TO THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
The Last Of The Huggermuggers, A Giant Story
Hanky-Panky, Hugger-Mugger, and Other Reduplicative Rhyming Compounds
"Where love is mostly hugger mugger": Christopher Isherwood, Magnus Hirschfeld und das Berlin am Vorabend der Katastrophe
Last of the Huggermuggers
Last of the Huggermuggers
The Spenser Collection: Volume I: Hugger Mugger and Potshot
Hugger-Mugger Hang