shifty
英 ['ʃɪftɪ] 美 ['ʃɪfti]
| 近義詞 | sneaky 、 artful 、 crafty 、 canny 、 evasive 、 sly 、 furtive 、 cunning 、 deceitful 、 shrewd 、 tricky 、 foxy | ||
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- adj. 變化的；詭詐的；機智的
詞態變化
副詞: shiftily;
中文詞源
shifty 不可靠的
shift,轉移，-y,形容詞後綴。比喻用法。
英文詞源
- shifty (adj.)
- 1560s, "able to manage for oneself, fertile in expedients," from shift (n.1) in secondary sense of "dodge, trick, artifice" + -y (2). Meaning "habitually using dishonest methods, characterized by trickery" first recorded 1837. In a sense "prone to shifting," of the wind, used from 1884. Related: Shiftily; shiftiness.
雙語例句
- 1. He had a shifty face and previous convictions.
- 他看起來賊眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I didn't trust his shifty expression.
- 他賊眉鼠眼,我不信任他.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.
- 他真是個狡詐的辯論家，總是拒絕給出直截了當的回答。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.
- 別一張嘴就那麽刻薄挖苦.
來自辭典例句
- 5. She smiled, looking dreamily out on the shifty landscape.
- 她臉露微笑, 用一種夢幻似的目光看著那變化莫測的景色.
來自辭典例句