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.
双语例句
1. The door on the left, upon entering the church, leads to the Crypt of St Issac.
一进教堂左边的那扇门通往圣以撒墓。
来自柯林斯例句
2. They took shelter from a tornado at a crypt.
他们在地下室躲避龙卷风。
来自辞典例句
3. This lout guards the crypt like a Cerberus.
这个笨蛋象冥府守门狗一样守着地窖.
来自电影对白
4. It will no longer stack with Crypt Fever used by another character.
不再与其他玩家的墓穴热病相堆叠.
来自互联网
5. IDEA is a symmetric method to crypt message or document.