cagey
英 [ˈkeɪ.dʒi]
美 [ˈkeɪ.dʒi]
- adj. 精明的；小心谨慎的；机灵的；有戒心的
星级词汇:
中文词源
cagey 讳莫如深的
词源不详。
英语词源
- cagey (adj.)
- "evasive, reticent," 1896, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin. Earlier in English dialect it meant "sportive."
权威例句
- 1. He is cagey about what he was paid for the business.
- 他对自己在这桩买卖中所得的报酬不愿多提。
- 2. Tony is very cagey about his family.
- 托尼对自己家的事讳莫如深。
- 3. The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.
- 那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱.
- 4. She's very cagey about her past life.
- 她对自己过去的生活讳莫如深.
- 5. He gave a cagey, vague answer to my question.
- 他小心翼翼, 含糊其词地回答了我的问题.