shifty
英 [ˈʃɪfti] 美 ['ʃɪftɪ]

adj.

看着不可靠的，贼眉鼠眼的，显得心里有鬼的；善于应变；

英英释义

shifty[ 'ʃifti ]

• adj.
  • characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

    "shifty eyes"

    同义词：devious

  • changing position or direction

    "shifty winds"

    同义词：shifting

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. I didn't trust his shifty expression.
   他贼眉鼠眼, 我不信任他。
2. He looked like a shifty underworld character.
   他看起来是个鬼头鬼脑的下流社会的角色。
3. How about the wind? Is it shifty and steady?
   风怎么样？有风摆还是稳定？
4. Life does shifty things, he is forced to reflect in a most puzzled way.
   人生变化无常，他不得不从最难以理解的地方去考虑。

权威例句

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A shifty diagnosis: Cogan’s syndrome. A case report and review of the literature
Local constrained shifty pseudopeptides inhibitors of rasfarnesyl transferase
Shifting sands and shifty lizards: molecular phylogeny and biogeography of African flat lizards (Platysaurus)
Slippery runs, shifty stops, backward steps, and forward hops: -2, -1, +1, +2, +5, and +6 ribosomal frameshifting.
'2A-like' and 'shifty heptamer' motifs in penaeid shrimp infectious myonecrosis virus, a monosegmented double-stranded RNA virus
Expanding the genetic code: selection of efficient suppressors of four-base codons and identification of “shifty” four-base codons...