单词 | weasel |
释义 | weasel n. & v. --n   1. a small reddish-brown flesh-eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender body, related to the stoat and ferret.   2. a stoat.   3. colloq. a deceitful or treacherous person. --vintr. (weaselled, weaselling; US weaseled, weaseling)   1. esp. US equivocate or quibble.   2. (foll. by on, out) default on an obligation. Phrases and idioms weasel-faced having thin sharp features. weasel word (usu. in pl.) a word that is intentionally ambiguous or misleading. Derivatives weaselly adj. Etymology: OE wesle, wesule f. WG |
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