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wily adj.狡猾的 (1) 据说狐狸是狡猾的动物。(2) 我们必须从那条狡猾的蛇的嘴巴里去抢食果实。 How can you remember the meaning of the adjective wily? Just think about the old Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoons. Their aptly named cartoon character, Wile E. Coyote, got his name from a clever play on words. Wile E. is supposed to be cunning, crafty, and clever — in other words, wily. Wile E. is all those things, but unfortunately he was usually bested by that pesky roadrunner anyway. Meep. Meep.

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英 ['waɪli] 美 ['waɪli] (1) Foxes are supposed to be wily creatures.(2) We must eat our fruit from the wily serpent's jaws. Did you fall for that wily door to door salesman's pitch? He must be very slick and tricky to have convinced you to buy a set of new tires, considering you don't have a car. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]诡计多端的；狡诈的；狡猾的 If you describe someone or their behaviour as wily, you mean that they are clever at achieving what they want, especially by tricking people. His appointment as prime minister owed much to the wily manoeuvring of the President.他之所以被任命为总理，很大程度上是因为总统在阴谋操纵。

英语单词	wily
英美音标	英 ['waɪli] 美 ['waɪli]
中文释义	adj.狡猾的
英语例句	(1) Foxes are supposed to be wily creatures. (2) We must eat our fruit from the wily serpent's jaws.
中文例句	(1) 据说狐狸是狡猾的动物。 (2) 我们必须从那条狡猾的蛇的嘴巴里去抢食果实。
vocabulary简明	Did you fall for that wily door to door salesman's pitch? He must be very slick and tricky to have convinced you to buy a set of new tires, considering you don't have a car.
vocabulary扩展	How can you remember the meaning of the adjective wily? Just think about the old Warner Brothers Looney Tunes cartoons. Their aptly named cartoon character, Wile E. Coyote, got his name from a clever play on words. Wile E. is supposed to be cunning, crafty, and clever — in other words, wily. Wile E. is all those things, but unfortunately he was usually bested by that pesky roadrunner anyway. Meep. Meep.
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]诡计多端的；狡诈的；狡猾的 If you describe someone or their behaviour as wily, you mean that they are clever at achieving what they want, especially by tricking people. His appointment as prime minister owed much to the wily manoeuvring of the President. 他之所以被任命为总理，很大程度上是因为总统在阴谋操纵。

Wily Wile E Clever Supposed Door Meep 英