cunning

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a. 狡猾的, 巧妙的, 可爱的 [法] 狡猾的的, 狡诈的, 熟练的

发音

US /ˈkʌnɪŋ/

词形变化

cunnings 复数 cunnings cunninger cunningest more cunning 比较级 most cunning 最高级

别名

cunnin'

教材释义与例句

名词

狡猾

形容词

狡猾的；巧妙的；可爱的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    The natural wit or instincts of an animal.

    可数 不可数

    the cunning of the fox or hare

  5. 5.

    Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

    可数 废旧 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.

    狡猾

    狡诈

    狡黠

  2. 2.

    Skillful, artful.

    巧妙

    废旧
  3. 3.

    Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.

    废旧

    cunning work

  4. 4.

    Cute, appealing.

    非正式 过时

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

craft guile craftiness foxiness slyness wiliness

上位词 5

artfulness astuteness perspicaciousness perspicacity shrewdness
形容词

同义词 10

cute clever tricky slick sly ingenious dodgy crafty foxy wily

近义相关 3

attractive artful adroit

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English cunning, kunnyng, partially from Old English *cunning (verbal noun), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”); partially from Old English cunnung (“knowledge, trial, probation, experience, contact, carnal knowledge”), from cunnian (“to search into, try, test, seek for, explore, investigate, experience, have experience of, to make trial of, know”), equivalent to con + -ing.

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