| 单词 | shifty |
| 释义 | shifty adjective uk/ˈʃɪf.ti/us/ˈʃɪf.ti/lookingorseemingdishonest: （看上去）不老实的，诡诈的He has shiftyeyes.他的眼睛贼溜溜的。 There's acoupleof shifty-lookingpeoplestandingon thestreetcorner.街角站着几个贼头贼脑的人。 Dishonest
shifty| American Dictionaryshifty adjective[-er/-est only] disapprovingus/ˈʃɪf·ti/intelligentandskilledindeceivingothers: His shiftyeyesmake himlooklike a used-carsalesman. Examplesofshiftyshifty Her heroes are always fair of form and strong in jaw line, while her villains are correspondingly flabby andshifty-eyed. From theCambridge English Corpus The system is highly organized, but the text/body itself, because of its nature as text, remains ashiftyhaze of signs. From theCambridge English Corpus Current models of the creative process in cultural theory remain either silent orshiftyabout this sort of question. From theCambridge English Corpus Adjectives in -y/-ie can also frequently be metaphorical (lippy,shifty) and occasionally truncated (bolshie). From theCambridge English Corpus Does history move against a ground of some kind, the alsoshiftyground of 'meaning,' if not the supposedly stabler ground of 'nature'? From theCambridge English Corpus But manyshiftycrooks and nasty people are involved in the worldwide trade in ivory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Cameras can make the phoney look truthful, and the truthfulshifty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will we have the chance for such debates, or will we continue to have suchshiftydebates when we do not discuss the fundamental issues? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that he was a bitshifty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The answers that we were given were evasive andshifty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not know whether they had in mind people who looked a bitshiftyor people with funny accents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is shown up to beshiftyand incompetent, but, luckily, he will not be here very much longer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have put forward a defence which is, at best, casually inadequate and, at worst, plainshifty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Because, however, society has largely ostracised them, the good and the bad, they tend to be suspicious and what people callshifty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not people who haveshiftyeyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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