1 that you do not understand or cannot explain; strange 神秘的;无法解释的;奇怪的:
Several people reported seeing mysterious lights in the sky.有几个人报称看见天空中出现神秘的光。
2 (used about a person) keeping sth secret or refusing to explain sth (指人)神秘的,诡秘的:
They're being very mysterious about where they're going this evening.他们对于今天晚上要去哪里,表现得十分神秘。 ➔mysteriouslyadv
mysterious/mIsˋtIrIəs; mIˈstIəriəs/adj 1 strange or difficult to explain or understand 神秘的﹐难以解释[理解]的: mysterious deaths 神秘死亡She disappeared in mysterious circumstances . 她神秘地失踪了。my mysterious new neighbour 我那神秘的新邻居see box at见 STRANGE 方框2 not saying much about something, in a way that makes people want to know more 秘密的﹐保密的﹔遮遮掩掩的: +about He's being very mysterious about his new girlfriend. 关于他的新女友﹐他神神秘秘的。—mysteriously adv : He had mysteriously disappeared. 他神秘失踪了。
mysteriousadjectiveSomething that is mysterious is strange and you do not know about it or understand it: Several people said they had seen mysterious lights in the sky.▶ mysteriouslyadverb: The plane disappeared mysteriously.