單詞
cagey
英 ['ke?d??]
美['ked?i]
基本信息
- adj. 精明的；小心謹慎的；機靈的；有戒心的
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?cagily;
中文詞源
cagey 諱莫如深的
詞源不詳。
英文詞源
- cagey (adj.)
- "evasive, reticent," 1896, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin. Earlier in English dialect it meant "sportive."
雙語例句
- 1. He is cagey about what he was paid for the business.
- 他對自己在這樁買賣中所得的報酬不愿多提。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Tony is very cagey about his family.
- 托尼對自己家的事諱莫如深。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.
- 那只狡猾的狐貍不會輕易落入農(nóng)夫的陷阱.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. She's very cagey about her past life.
- 她對自己過去的生活諱莫如深.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. He gave a cagey, vague answer to my question.
- 他小心翼翼, 含糊其詞地回答了我的問題.
來自辭典例句
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