hole-and-corner

[.həʊlənd'kɔ:nə(r)]

adj. 秘密的, 偷偷摸摸的

例句与用法：

The gang (was) holed up in the mountains somewhere.

那帮匪徒躲在山中某处。

Nearly10,000 Western civilians, mostly British and American, are holed up in captured Kuwait City. If Saddam gets his hands on them, as he intends to, they are to be designated human targets and doomed.

将近一万名西方平民(多半是英国人和美国人)躲藏在被占领的科威特城。如果萨达姆能如愿，使他们落在他手里，他们将被指定为活靶，难逃浩劫。

详细释义：

a.

秘密的; 偷偷摸摸的; 暧昧的