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单词 crafty
释义
crafty
adjective
uk
/ˈkrɑːf.ti/us
/ˈkræf.ti/

craftyadjective(CLEVER)

clever,especiallyin adishonestorsecretway:
狡猾的；狡诈的，诡计多端的
I have some craftyideasfor getting around theregulations.我想出了个妙计可以钻这些规定的空子。
She was a craftyoldwoman.她是个诡计多端的老太太。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Sly & devious
  • artful
  • artfully
  • artfulness
  • backdoor
  • calculating
  • calculation
  • cunningly
  • devious
  • deviously
  • deviousness
  • disingenuous
  • ducking
  • filthy
  • guile
  • gymnastics
  • legerdemain
  • Machiavellian
  • Machiavellianism
  • scheming
  • wily
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craftyadjective(ARTS AND CRAFTS)

relatingtocrafts(=sewing,woodwork, etc.):
Wesellwool,paints,glue, and other craftysupplies.
interestedincrafts(=sewing,woodwork, etc.):
She's very crafty and makes all her ownChristmasdecorations.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Crafts
  • artificer
  • artisan
  • artisanal
  • arts and crafts
  • artsy-craftsy
  • craftswoman
  • crochet
  • découpage
  • emboss
  • engrave
  • handcraft
  • handcrafted
  • handicraft
  • handiwork
  • inlay
  • re-engrave
  • screen printing
  • silkscreen
  • straw
  • tjanting tool
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Related words

craftily
craftiness
(Definition ofcraftyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
crafty
adjective
uk
/ˈkrɑːf.ti/us
/ˈkræf.ti/

craftyadjective(CLEVER)

clever,especiallyin adishonestorsecretway
狡猾的；狡诈的，诡计多端的
I have some craftyideasfor getting around theregulations.我想出了个妙计可以钻这些规定的空子。
She was a craftyoldwoman.她是个诡计多端的老太太。

crafty| American Dictionary

crafty
adjective
us
/ˈkræf·ti/
skillfulinargumentbutlikelyto bedishonest:
a craftylawyer
(Definition ofcraftyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcrafty

crafty
He submitted me to a rathercraftydialectical questionnaire.
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I hope that they are fairlycraftypeople.
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Then idleness and laziness become confused with backwardness, and these children are sufficientlycraftyto know when they need to make an effort.
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They will be out-talked and out-manoeuvred by thecraftyboys, and they will suffer very much indeed.
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Quite frankly, they think he is no match for these astute,crafty, ruthless, unscrupulous dictators; and—let us be quite honest about it—he is not.
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Many of these small companies are not arty,craftycompanies that were somehow set up in an arty,craftyway.
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We ought to penalise that small body ofcraftyemployers who desire to evade their responsibilities.
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Allcraftythings are difficult to check, but those who engage in them are burdened with a sense of sin.
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However, they are morecraftyabout it than we are.
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I have been quitecraftyin doing that.
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He has conducted himself in a clever and almostcraftyway in playing the various forces that have been ranged against him.
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Man management is not an art—it is all very arty-craftyfor those who write treatises about it—but just plain common sense.
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I should call them grafts-men,craftymen who did no work.
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To put it another way, the honest and uneducated fail while thecraftyand devious manage to penetrate the immigration network.
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From his point of view, it would be a verycraftymove.
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