- (specialist)
tightly closed so that no air can escape or enter synonym airtight密封的;不透气的 - (formal, disapproving)
closed and difficult to become a part of 封闭的;不受外界影响的 the strange, hermetic world of the theatre 神秘、与世隔绝的戏剧世界
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.