crypt: [18] The Greek adjective kruptós meant ‘hidden’. From it was derived kruptikós, which passed into English via late Latin crypticus as cryptic [17]. The feminine form of the original Greek adjective, krúptē, was used as a noun meaning literally ‘hidden place’, thus ‘underground chamber, vault’; English acquired it via Latin crypta. From the same ultimate source comes apocrypha [14], literally ‘books of hidden – that is, unknown – authorship’. => apocrypha
crypt (n.)
early 15c., "grotto, cavern," from Latin crypta "vault, cavern," from Greek krypte (short for krypte kamara "hidden vault"), fem. of kryptos "hidden," verbal adjective from kryptein "to hide," from PIE root *krau- "to conceal, hide" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic kryjo, kryti "to hide"). Meaning "underground burial vault or chapel in a church" first attested 1789.
雙語例句
1. The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac.
一進教堂左邊的那扇門通往圣以撒墓。
來自柯林斯例句
2. They took shelter from a tornado at a crypt.
他們在地下室躲避龍卷風。
來自辭典例句
3. This lout guards the crypt like a Cerberus.
這個笨蛋象冥府守門狗一樣守著地窖.
來自電影對白
4. It will no longer stack with Crypt Fever used by another character.
不再與其他玩家的墓穴熱病相堆疊.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. IDEA is a symmetric method to crypt message or document.