英和和英

発音

• IPA: /dɪˈskɹiːt/
• 韻: -iːt
• Homophone: discrete

形容詞

discreet (comparative more discreet or discreeter, superlative most discreet or discreetest)

1. Respectful of privacy or secrecy; exercising caution in order to avoid causing embarrassment; quiet; diplomatic.

   With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners.

   John just doesn't understand that laughing at Mary all day is not very discreet.

   • 1985, Stevie Wonder, “Part-Time Lover”, in In Square Circle:

     Just pass me by, don't even speak / Know the word's "discreet" with part-time lovers

2. Not drawing attention, anger or challenge; inconspicuous.

使用する際の注意点

• Although cognate and identical in the Middle English period, the term has become distinct from discrete.

派生語

関連する語

• discretion

アナグラム

• desertic, discrete