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单词 foxy
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Definition of foxy in English:

foxy

adjectivefoxiest, foxier ˈfɒksiˈfɑksi
  • 1Resembling or likened to a fox.

    a terrier with prick ears and a foxy expression
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her skin was pale and unblemished like mine, and she had a nose like mine too - all foxy and pointy.
    1. 1.1 Cunning or sly.
      a foxy method to miss conscription
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sweetest moments for a fighter are when time has given him the rounds to make him foxy and clever, but has not yet robbed him of the wherewithal to put it into to action.
      Synonyms
      crafty, wily, artful, guileful, devious, sly, knowing, scheming, designing, tricky, slippery, slick, manipulative, machiavellian, deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, janus-faced
      cunning, crafty, wily, artful, guileful, devious, sly, knowing, scheming, designing, tricky, slippery, slick, manipulative, machiavellian, deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous
      sexy, sexually attractive, seductive, desirable, alluring, inviting, sensual, sultry, slinky, provocative, tempting, tantalizing
    2. 1.2 Reddish brown in colour.
      a white Jack Russell with foxy spots
      Synonyms
      scarlet, vermilion, ruby, ruby-red, ruby-coloured, cherry, cherry-red, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, wine-red, wine-coloured, claret, claret-red, claret-coloured, blood-red
      reddish, flaming red, flame-coloured, auburn, titian, chestnut, carroty, ginger, sandy
  • 2informal (of a woman) sexually attractive.

    a foxy lady
    Example sentencesExamples
    • For example, the next time your loved one catches you eyeing a foxy babe, patiently explain that you're entitled to stare because in another dimension you and that person got married and had 12 kids.
    • ‘I love the look - very foxy,’ said one young woman who could be described as rather foxy herself.
    • Like many photographers, he goes after kids, babies, foxy ladies, handsome men.
    • Don't they just make you want to hop into a Porsche convertible, drive down to the beach, and enjoy a midnight stroll with a foxy lady?
    • Point to young rockers: they are not living in a mansion with a limo in the bedroom with gold-plated champagne spigots in the backseat Jacuzzi; nor do they have a stable of foxy groupies waiting in the van.
    • Will you please go tell Mara and that foxy chick you're with to come down for dinner?
    • He's insanely jealous of any man - the milkman, the dentist, even the teenage piano student he tutors - who encounters his foxy wife Zelda.
    • They had a female singer who also played the occasional keyboard line on a synth, a very foxy left-handed bass player (she was lovely!) and the guitarist chappy who I'd previously seen playing with another band.
    • Tall, mature, single, blue-blooded aristocrat, seeks tall, mature foxy lady who loves dressing in furs.
    • The foxy temptress and swooning beauty of popular imagination was a violent pragmatist for whom death held no chill.
    • By night, he toils on his self-indulgent solo art film, obsessively documenting the minutiae of his life while the bigger picture-the growing distance between him and his foxy French lady friend Marlene-eludes him.
    • However, there were a lot of very foxy male and female dancers, so it was a good enough experience.
    • Well, the other morning I pulled into the parking lot at the Sovereign Centre (a local shopping centre), and as I was looking for a spot to park, I saw this foxy looking lady walking to her car.
    • Oh yeah, and the instructor was pretty damn foxy too.
    • Bringing more good news from Sweden, these foxy female 20-somethings have been playing since pre-pubescence, and this well-timed stateside debut hits girlie bands and Strokes mimers where it hurts.
    • Dressed in a foxy pink velvet cocktail dress, she looks and sounds overjoyed, obviously loving the enthusiastic homecoming atmosphere.
    Synonyms
    attractive, pretty, handsome, good-looking, nice-looking, pleasing, alluring, prepossessing, as pretty as a picture
  • 3(of wine) having a musky flavour.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There had been substantial bias against such new varieties, especially those including genes from American vine species, because of historical associations with poor wine quality and foxy flavours.

Derivatives

  • foxily

  • adverb
    • I looked up to see a woman smiling foxily at me from the door of the en-suite bathroom.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thinking slyly and foxily about the timing and style of one's pitches is not the same as back-sliding or moving to the right.
      • Thompson is a gifted stylist: line by line and paragraph by paragraph, her prose is meticulously whittled and foxily surefooted.
      • He stopped in mid-stride, turned around, smiled foxily and added, ‘I just kind of perfected it a little bit.’
  • foxiness

  • nounˈfɒksɪnəsˈfɑksinəs
    • The wines are inexpensive, and occupy a small special niche, which has been subject to some derision, in part because of foxiness and sweetness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The muzzle shall not be sharply pointed and there shall be no evidence of snippiness, foxiness or whisker pinch.
      • The berries had a rather mild fruity flavor flavor, without any hint of foxiness.
      • He is equally adept as an artist and a producer of others; he has his own charitable foundation dedicated to improving conditions in his native Haiti and, in person, radiates a sleepy-time foxiness.
      • We listen to their music, evaluate their stage-banter and take note of their haircuts, shoes and general sense of foxiness.

Rhymes

boxy, doxy, epoxy, moxie, poxy, proxy
 
 

Definition of foxy in US English:

foxy

adjectiveˈfɑksiˈfäksē
  • 1Resembling or likened to a fox.

    a terrier with a foxy expression
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her skin was pale and unblemished like mine, and she had a nose like mine too - all foxy and pointy.
    1. 1.1informal Cunning or sly in character.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sweetest moments for a fighter are when time has given him the rounds to make him foxy and clever, but has not yet robbed him of the wherewithal to put it into to action.
      Synonyms
      crafty, wily, artful, guileful, devious, sly, knowing, scheming, designing, tricky, slippery, slick, manipulative, machiavellian, deceitful, deceptive, duplicitous, janus-faced
    2. 1.2informal (chiefly of a woman) sexually attractive.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Like many photographers, he goes after kids, babies, foxy ladies, handsome men.
      • They had a female singer who also played the occasional keyboard line on a synth, a very foxy left-handed bass player (she was lovely!) and the guitarist chappy who I'd previously seen playing with another band.
      • He's insanely jealous of any man - the milkman, the dentist, even the teenage piano student he tutors - who encounters his foxy wife Zelda.
      • Dressed in a foxy pink velvet cocktail dress, she looks and sounds overjoyed, obviously loving the enthusiastic homecoming atmosphere.
      • However, there were a lot of very foxy male and female dancers, so it was a good enough experience.
      • By night, he toils on his self-indulgent solo art film, obsessively documenting the minutiae of his life while the bigger picture-the growing distance between him and his foxy French lady friend Marlene-eludes him.
      • Bringing more good news from Sweden, these foxy female 20-somethings have been playing since pre-pubescence, and this well-timed stateside debut hits girlie bands and Strokes mimers where it hurts.
      • Don't they just make you want to hop into a Porsche convertible, drive down to the beach, and enjoy a midnight stroll with a foxy lady?
      • Well, the other morning I pulled into the parking lot at the Sovereign Centre (a local shopping centre), and as I was looking for a spot to park, I saw this foxy looking lady walking to her car.
      • Tall, mature, single, blue-blooded aristocrat, seeks tall, mature foxy lady who loves dressing in furs.
      • Oh yeah, and the instructor was pretty damn foxy too.
      • Point to young rockers: they are not living in a mansion with a limo in the bedroom with gold-plated champagne spigots in the backseat Jacuzzi; nor do they have a stable of foxy groupies waiting in the van.
      • The foxy temptress and swooning beauty of popular imagination was a violent pragmatist for whom death held no chill.
      • ‘I love the look - very foxy,’ said one young woman who could be described as rather foxy herself.
      • For example, the next time your loved one catches you eyeing a foxy babe, patiently explain that you're entitled to stare because in another dimension you and that person got married and had 12 kids.
      • Will you please go tell Mara and that foxy chick you're with to come down for dinner?
      Synonyms
      attractive, pretty, handsome, good-looking, nice-looking, pleasing, alluring, prepossessing, as pretty as a picture
    3. 1.3 Reddish brown in color.
      Synonyms
      scarlet, vermilion, ruby, ruby-red, ruby-coloured, cherry, cherry-red, cerise, cardinal, carmine, wine, wine-red, wine-coloured, claret, claret-red, claret-coloured, blood-red
      reddish, flaming red, flame-coloured, auburn, titian, chestnut, carroty, ginger, sandy
    4. 1.4 (of wine) having a musky flavor.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There had been substantial bias against such new varieties, especially those including genes from American vine species, because of historical associations with poor wine quality and foxy flavours.
    5. 1.5 (of paper or other material) marked with spots; foxed.
 
 
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