英语单词 | fishy |
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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 | 1 [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. 2 [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]
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