sneaky

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any device used for covert surveillance. slang
    — […] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.
形容词 adj.
  1. Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
    — Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
  2. Dishonest; deceitful.
    — They played a sneaky trick on us.

词形变化

sneakier comparative sneakiest superlative sneakies plural

词汇关系

近义词
slippery evasive dodgy
衍生词
sneakily sneakiness sneaky beak sneaky beaky sneaky-deaky sneaky fucker strategy sneaky link sneaky Pete sneaky suspicion
相关词
sneak

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English sneak
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English sneaky
From sneak + -y.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English sneak
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Germanic *-gaz
Proto-West Germanic *-g
Old English -iġ
Middle English -y
English -y
English sneaky
From sneak + -y.
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