crafty

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a. 狡诈的, 诡计多端的, 巧妙的

发音

US /ˈkɹæfti/
UK /ˈkɹɑːfti/

词形变化

craftier 比较级 craftier craftiest craftiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Skillful at deceiving others.

    狡猾

  2. 2.

    Sneaky; surreptitious.

    I took a crafty look at his hand of cards while he was out of the room.

  3. 3.

    Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.

  4. 4.

    Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.

  5. 5.

    Magical or occult, or allegedly so.

    过时

    a crafty science

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

tricky cunning slick sly dodgy foxy wily guileful knavish tricksy

近义相关 1

artful

词源

From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.

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