cagey的意思

cagey

英式音标['kedʒi]
美式英标['keɪdʒɪ]

基本解释

adj. 精明的；小心谨慎的；机灵的；有戒心的

中文词源

cagey 讳莫如深的

词源不详。

英文词源

cagey (adj.): "evasive, reticent," 1896, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin. Earlier in English dialect it meant "sportive."

实用例句

1. He is cagey about what he was paid for the business.: 他对自己在这桩买卖中所得的报酬不愿多提。

2. Tony is very cagey about his family.: 托尼对自己家的事讳莫如深。

3. The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.: 那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱.

4. She's very cagey about her past life.: 她对自己过去的生活讳莫如深.

5. He gave a cagey, vague answer to my question.: 他小心翼翼, 含糊其词地回答了我的问题.

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