cagey

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Wary, careful, shrewd.
    — We move like cagey tigers / Oh, we couldn't get closer than this
  2. Uncommunicative; unwilling or hesitant to give information.
    — John F Kennedy’s secret talks with Soviet intelligence, surreptitious tape recordings and “girlfriend system” create a new portrait of a cunning and cagey JFK, according to a historian who has researched a treasure trove of recently released recordings and papers of the late president.

词形变化

cagier comparative cagiest superlative cagy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
cageyness cagily caginess

词源

Initially US colloquial, of unknown origin. A connection with the behavior of caged prisoners (wary and closed-lipped) and caged animals (wary) has been speculated. If so, by surface analysis, cage + -y.
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