| 单词 | weaselling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasweasel-ling ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > rocklings > motella vulgaris (three-bearded rockling) rockling1602 weasel-linga1682 sea-loach1686 whistle-fish1686 whistling fish1766 weasel-fish1773 whistler1864 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > rocklings > rhinonemus cimbrius (four-bearded rockling) rockling1602 weasel-linga1682 sea-loach1686 whistle-fish1686 whistling fish1766 weasel-fish1773 whistler1864 the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > superorder Paracanthopterygii > order Gadiformes (cod) > [noun] > family Gadidae > rocklings > ciliata mustela (five-bearded rockling) rockling1602 weasel-linga1682 sea-loach1686 whistle-fish1686 whistling fish1766 weasel-fish1773 whistler1864 a1682 Sir T. Browne Acct. Fishes Norfolk in Wks. (1835) IV. 328 Mustela Marina; called by some a weazel ling, which, salted and dried, becomes a good Lenten dish. ˈweaselling ˈweaselling adj. and n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > obtaining or eliciting by cunning weaselling1956 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > crafty dealing > soliciting or eliciting something angling1597 weaselling1956 1956 H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy xii. 81 Never could get along with lawyers... Bunch of weaseling doubletalkers. 1969 Listener 31 July 132/2 ‘Legitimate puffery’ is often plain lying. At best, it encourages ‘weaselling’—the use of meaningless and unverifiable formulae like ‘Bloggo is better’; at worst, it is demonstrably fraudulent. 1978 N.Y. Times 30 Mar. d 18/1 Arum says there has been heavy pressure for a return bout from all over the world. He offers this as justification for his weaseling out of a commitment to match Spinks with Ken Norton. < as lemmas |
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