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Fishy Suspicious Situations Smell Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 Fɪʃi] 美

英语单词 fishy
英美音标 英 ['fɪʃi] 美 ['fɪʃi]
中文释义 adj.(味道或气味)象鱼的;可疑的
英语例句 (1) Something fishy is going on here.
(2) The pretext was weak, even fishy.
中文例句 (1) 一些可疑的事正在这里发生。
(2) 借口是站不住脚的,甚至是可疑的。
vocabulary简明 Anything fishy smells, tastes, or resembles a fish in some way. Suspicious people and situations are also called fishy. Since this word has two meanings, context is key.
vocabulary扩展 If you say something is fishy, it probably means you think something is suspicious. If you’re sitting next to someone eating a tuna sandwich, though, you could just mean you smell a fishy odor. Fishy usually refers to situations that seem suspect or shady. A guy looking over your shoulder while you use an ATM is fishy. A student looking at her arm for answers during a test is fishy. Anything fishy is suspicious — somebody’s up to something.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](味道或气味)鱼腥味的,鱼味的 A fishy taste or smell reminds you of fish.
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    [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]可疑的;有鬼的 If you describe a situation as fishy, you feel that someone is not telling the truth or behaving completely honestly.
      [INFORMAL 非正式]
    • There seems to be something fishy going on.

      事情好像有点不对劲。

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