| 单词 | sly |
| 释义 | sly adj. (slyer, slyest) 1. cunning; crafty; wily. 2. a (of a person) practising secrecy or stealth. b (of an action etc.) done etc. in secret. 3. hypocritical; ironical. 4. knowing; arch; bantering; insinuating. 5. Austral. & NZ sl. (esp. of liquor) illicit. Phrases and idioms on the sly privately; covertly; without publicity (smuggled some through on the sly). sly dog colloq. a person who is discreet about mistakes or pleasures. Derivatives slyly adv. (also slily). slyness n. Etymology: ME sleh etc. f. ON sloegr cunning, orig. 'able to strike' f. sl{oacute}g- past stem of sl{aacute} strike: cf. SLEIGHT |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含43808条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。