女神殿

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–adjective 
1. concealed; secret; disguised. 
2. covered; sheltered. 
3. Law. (of a wife) under the protection of one's husband.  

–noun 
4. a covering; cover. 
5. a shelter or hiding place. 
6. concealment or disguise. 
7. Hunting. a thicket (灌林叢;雜木林) giving shelter to wild animals or game. 
8. Also called tectrix. Ornithology. (鳥類學) one of the small feathers that cover the bases of the large feathers of the wings and tail. 
9. covert cloth.  

—Synonyms 
1. clandestine, surreptitious, furtive.


　
Rembrandt uses his painting as a covert [condemnation] of his patrons; when it's unveiled, they're furious.


see 
clandestine 
surreptitious
furtive

oblique neither perpendicular nor parallel →indirect 
ulterior concealed, future

remittent【醫】弛張的;忽輕忽重的
sporadic irregular, occasional
inadvertent unintentional, heedless