单词 | wile |
释义 | wile /wuyl/, n. , v. , wiled, wiling. n. 1. a trick, artifice, or stratagem meant to fool, trap, or entice; device. 2. wiles, artful or beguiling behavior. 3. deceitful cunning; trickery. v.t. 4. to beguile, entice, or lure (usually fol. by away, from, into, etc.): The music wiled him from his study. 5. wile away, to spend or pass (time), esp. in a leisurely or pleasurable fashion: to wile away the long winter nights. [1125-75; (n.) ME; late OE wil, perh. < ON vel artifice, earlier *wihl-] Syn. 1, 2. deception, contrivance, maneuver. See trick. 3. chicanery, fraud. |
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