| 单词 | sly |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [slai] |
| 解释 | a.狡猾的，鬼鬼祟祟的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj.秘密的,鬼鬼祟祟 的(clever in deceiving) 【考】 反义词：artless(朴 实的) |
| 字源 | sly (adj.) c.1200, "skillful, clever, dexterous," from Old Norse sloegr "cunning, crafty, sly," from Proto-Germanic *slogis (cognates: Low German slu "cunning, sly," German schlau), probably from base *slak- "to strike, hit" (see slay (v.)), with an original notion of "able to hit." Compare German verschlagen "cunning, crafty, sly," schlagfertig "quick-witted," literally "strike-ready," from schlagen "to strike." A non-pejorative use of the word lingered in northern English dialect until 20c. On the sly "in secret" is recorded from 1812. Sly-boots "a seeming Silly, but subtil Fellow" is in the 1700 "Dictionary of the Canting Crew." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 狡诈虚伪的 【记】死赖－死赖在你们家要钱－狡诈虚伪的 【反】artless(adj 朴实的); ingenuous(adj 坦白直率的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】spy的特点 |
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