词组 | hide |
释义 | hide [hid, hidden, hiding] hide away 1. hide sth/sb away • hide away sth/sb to put something or someone in a place where other people will not find them or know about them: ▪ I've hidden your presents away where you can't find them. ▪ He knew his grandparents had plenty of money hidden away. ▪ The baby girl was taken and hidden away in the country. 2. hide yourself away/hide away to go somewhere where you can be alone or where you cannot be seen or found: ▪ Novelists often hide themselves away for months at a time. ▪ Wild animals tend to hide away when they are ill or injured. + from ▪ She wanted to hide away from the rest of the world and be alone. hideaway n C a secret place where you can go when you want to be alone: ▪ Vernon has a secluded hideaway in a remote coastal area of Scotland. ▪ an island hideaway 3. be hidden away to be built or placed in a very quiet peaceful area, where few people live or go: ▪ Hidden away in the countryside is Britain's newest and most luxurious health resort. ■ SIMILAR TO: be tucked away hide behind 1. hide behind sth if someone hides behind a particular way of behaving, they behave like that so that people will not know what they are really like or what they really think: ▪ Jeremy tends to hide behind a mask of extreme politeness. 2. hide sth behind sth to not show what you are really feeling or thinking, because your appearance or behaviour hides it: ▪ Paula quickly hid her embarrassment behind a bright smile. hide out hide out to go or stay somewhere secret, especially in order to escape from the police or your enemies: ▪ The police are looking for an armed man, probably wounded, probably hiding out nearby. ▪ The rest of the men hid out, waiting for the arrival of more troops. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑hide hideout n C a place where someone goes when they do not want to be found, especially by the police or their enemies: ▪ The suspects were tracked down to a Bombay hideout. |
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