- (specialist)
tightly closed so that no air can escape or enter 密封的；不透氣的 - (formal, disapproving)
closed and difficult to become a part of 封閉的；不受外界影響的 the strange, hermetic world of the theatre 神秘、與世隔絕的戲劇世界
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in sense (2)): from modern Latin hermeticus, from Hermes (the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology), identified with Thoth (a moon god in Egyptian mythology), regarded as the founder of alchemy and astrology.