- 1隱姓埋名、不透露身分（名人微服外出、不想被認出來。比「匿名」輕：人還是有名字，只是現在不讓人知道。）
If a famous person does something incognito, they do it without letting people know who they are. They may wear a cap and glasses, use another name, or simply not announce themselves. You can say they travel incognito, or that they are incognito. It has a slightly story-like, spy-or-celebrity feel — newspapers and films like it. Ordinary people hiding from an ex would more often say they are keeping a low profile. Though actually, incognito is not the same as a full costume disguise, and it is not the same as anonymous (where there is no name at all). The person still has a name; they just do not want it recognised right now.
組成Borrowed from Italian incognito, from Latin incognitus (“unknown”): in- (“not”) + cognitus (“known”), from cognoscere (“to get to know”). Same story for the adverb.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
incognitoadj/ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtoʊ/
- 1
Without being known; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; in disguise.
- THE Scepticks think 'twas long ago, / Since Gods came down Incognito; / To ſee who were their Friends or Foes, / And how our Actions fell or roſe.
incognitoadv/ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtoʊ/
- 1
Without revealing one's identity.
- The prince royal of Prussia came thither incognito.
- "But you can understand," said our strange visitor, sitting down once more and passing his hand over his high white forehead, "you can understand that I am not accustomed to doing such business in my own person. Yet the matter was so delicate that I could not confide it to an agent without putting myself in his power. I have come incognito from Prague for the purpose of consulting you."
incognitonoun/ˌɪnkɒɡˈniːtoʊ/
- 1
One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name.
- 2
The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized.
- Of those letters, and other attempts of the same kind, the author could not complain, though his incognito was endangered. He had challenged the public to a game at bo-peep, and if he was discovered in his “hiding-hole,” he must submit to the shame of detection.
- It contained a letter from the King himself, craving hospitality for a few days, as his mother was about to visit England, and to take up with Lord Avonleigh her residence at the Castle. A slight incognito would be preserved, and as little form and ceremony expected as was possible.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。