| 英语单词 | leery |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['lɪəri] 美 ['lɪri] |
| 中文释义 | adj.机敏的;有戒心的;留神的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) I tend to be a bit leery of cut-price bargains'. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我对减价商品有点戒心。 |
| vocabulary简明 | You can use the adjective leery to describe someone who's suspicious of a person or situation. After his brother came out with bald spots and uneven patches of buzz-cut hair, he was leery of having the same barber get near his own head. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Being leery is being distrustful. If you're leery, it will probably show on your face and in your posture. You may squint and wrinkle your brows or take a few steps back. If you're leery that someone won't keep a secret, you won't confide in them, and if you're leery about whether they'll keep a promise to you, you won't count on them. Sometimes people are leery because of some proof, but often, just having a bad feeling or instinct is enough to make a person leery. |
| 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]猜疑的;警觉的;有戒心的 If you are leery of something, you are cautious and suspicious about it and try to avoid it. [usu v-link ADJ] [INFORMAL 非正式]
2 [ADJ 形容词]不怀好意的;色迷迷的 If someone looks or smiles at you in a leery way, they look or smile at you in an unpleasant way, usually because they are sexually interested in you. [disapproval]
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