shifty
英 [ˈʃɪf.ti]
美 [ˈʃɪf.ti]
- adj. 变化的；诡诈的；机智的
中文词源
shifty 不可靠的
shift,转移，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。
英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. He had a shifty face and previous convictions.
- 他看起来贼眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。
- 2. I didn't trust his shifty expression.
- 他贼眉鼠眼,我不信任他.
- 3. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.
- 他真是个狡诈的辩论家，总是拒绝给出直截了当的回答。
- 4. Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.
- 别一张嘴就那么刻薄挖苦.
- 5. She smiled, looking dreamily out on the shifty landscape.
- 她脸露微笑, 用一种梦幻似的目光看着那变化莫测的景色.