潜[qián] 基本解释：
新英汉大词典：
- 潜(潛)[qián]
- 动词- （隐在水下） go underwater; hide under water; dive:
He dived into the water to look for the dead body.他潜入水底找寻尸首。
- （隐藏） hide- （涉水） wade across water- （埋葬） bury- （逃亡） flee from home - 形容词- （不显露在外的） latent; hidden:
latent energy潜能
- 副词- （秘密地） stealthily; secretly; on the sly
- 名词- （姓氏） a surname:
Qian Yang潜阳
以上内容来源于：《新汉英大辞典》
例句与用法：
A latent infection.
I had supposed that it must be latent somewhere in the people, but I had never seen it break out, until I saw it in the dying boy.
潜的其他解释: