shifty

• adj. 变化的；诡诈的；机智的

词态变化

中文词源

shift,转移，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

1. He had a shifty face and previous convictions.

他看起来贼眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I didn't trust his shifty expression.

他贼眉鼠眼,我不信任他.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自柯林斯例句

4. Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.

别一张嘴就那么刻薄挖苦.

来自辞典例句

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.

来自辞典例句