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单词 weaselly
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wea•sel•ly  (wēzə lē),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. resembling a weasel, esp. in features or manner:a weaselly little clerk with furtive eyes.
  • weasel + -y1 1830–40

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
wea•sel /ˈwizəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -sels, -sel. 
  1. Mammalsa small meat-eating animal having a long, slender body and short legs.

v. [+ out of + object]
  1. to evade an obligation or a situation:He weaseled out of helping us.
wea•sel•ly, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
wea•sel  (wēzəl),USA pronunciation n., pl. -sels, (esp. collectively) -sel, v. 
n. 
  1. Mammalsany small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
  2. Mammalsany of various similar animals of the family Mustelidae.
  3. a cunning, sneaky person.
  4. a tracked vehicle resembling a tractor, used in snow.
  5. Slang Termsan informer;
    stool pigeon.

v.i. 
  1. to evade an obligation, duty, or the like;
    renege (often fol. by out):That's one invitation I'd like to weasel out of.
  2. to use weasel words;
    be ambiguous;
    mislead:Upon cross-examination the witness began to weasel.
  3. [Slang.]to inform.
  • bef. 900; 1920–25 for def. 6; Middle English wesele, Old English wesle, weosule; cognate with Old High German wisula, German Wiesel

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