shifty

• adj. 變化的；詭詐的；機智的

shift,轉(zhuǎn)移，-y,形容詞后綴。比喻用法。

shifty (adj.)

1560s, "able to manage for oneself, fertile in expedients," from shift (n.1) in secondary sense of "dodge, trick, artifice" + -y (2). Meaning "habitually using dishonest methods, characterized by trickery" first recorded 1837. In a sense "prone to shifting," of the wind, used from 1884. Related: Shiftily; shiftiness.

1. He had a shifty face and previous convictions.

他看起來賊眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I didn't trust his shifty expression.

他賊眉鼠眼,我不信任他.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.

他真是個狡詐的辯論家，總是拒絕給出直截了當?shù)幕卮稹?/dd>

來自柯林斯例句

4. Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.

別一張嘴就那么刻薄挖苦.

來自辭典例句

5. She smiled, looking dreamily out on the shifty landscape.

她臉露微笑, 用一種夢幻似的目光看著那變化莫測的景色.

來自辭典例句