| 词组 | under wraps |
| 释义 | under wraps Theme: SECRECY mod. (held) in secret.We kept it under wraps until after the election.The plan we had under wraps had to be scrapped anyway. Idiom under wraps secret.The financial details of the case have been kept firmly under wraps.The identity of the buyer is still under wraps. under wrapsSecret. Keep this under wraps for now, but Greg is definitely the one getting the promotion. *under wrapsFig. concealed; suppressed. (*Typically: be ~; have ~; hold ~; keep ~.) We kept the candidate's conviction under wraps until after the election. The plan we had under wraps had to be scrapped anyway. under wrapsConcealed or secret, as in The design for the new plant is under wraps. This idiom frequently is put as keep under wraps, meaning "keep secret," as in Let's keep this theory under wraps until we've tested it sufficiently. It alludes to covering something completely by wrapping it up. [1930s] under wraps mod. (held) in secret. We kept it under wraps until after the election. under wrapsInformal Secret or concealed: "The news was kept under wraps for the three-day weekend" (Boston Globe). |
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