shifty
英 ['??ft?]
美['??fti]
- adj. 變化的；詭詐的；機(jī)智的
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?shiftily;
中文詞源
shifty 不可靠的
shift,轉(zhuǎn)移，-y,形容詞后綴。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(yǔ)例句
- 1. He had a shifty face and previous convictions.
- 他看起來(lái)賊眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。
來(lái)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(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.
- 他真是個(gè)狡詐的辯論家，總是拒絕給出直截了當(dāng)?shù)幕卮稹?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.
- 別一張嘴就那么刻薄挖苦.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. She smiled, looking dreamily out on the shifty landscape.
- 她臉露微笑, 用一種夢(mèng)幻似的目光看著那變化莫測(cè)的景色.
來(lái)自辭典例句
