hugger-mugger

['hʌgə.mʌgə]

adj. 秘密的, 杂乱的
adv. 秘密地, 杂乱地
n. 秘密, 杂乱

n.

1. 混乱, 纷乱

2. 秘密, 隐秘

a.

混乱的, 纷乱的

ad.

混乱地, 乱糟糟地

vt.

使秘而不宣

vi.

1. 胡乱地干, 蛮干

2. 秘密地干

hugger-mugger

过去式：hugger-muggered

过去分词：hugger-muggered

现在进行时：hugger-muggering

词义辨析：

同义参见:

chaotic

disorderly

1. confused; disorderly
   纷乱的；混乱的
   a spirit of careless frivolity where all was hugger-mugger.
   一片混乱，无聊之至。
   
2. secret; clandestine
   秘密的；私下的
   

1. confusion; muddle
   混乱；纷乱
   
2. secrecy
   秘密，隐秘
   

1. early 16th cent. (in sense 2 of the noun): probably related to huddle and to dialect mucker 'hoard money, conceal'. This is one of a number of similar formations from late Middle English to the 16th cent., including hucker-mucker and hudder-mudder, with the basic sense 'secrecy, concealment'
   

hugger-mugger

名词 hugger-mugger:

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

同义词：mumbo jumbo

动词 hugger-mugger:

act stealthily or secretively

同义词：hugger mugger

形容词 hugger-mugger:

in utter disorder

同义词：disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, jumbled, topsy-turvy

conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods

同义词：clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, hush-hush, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground

副词 hugger-mugger:

in secrecy

hugger-mugger