shifty

/ˈʃɪfti/ 形容词 C2

中文：鬼祟的、狡诈的、闪烁其词的

Subject to frequent changes in direction.
Moving from one object to another; not looking directly and steadily at the person with whom one is speaking.
Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable. (informal) · He was a shifty character in a seedy bar, and I checked my wallet was still there after talking to him.
Resourceful; full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.

比较级 shiftier · 最高级 shiftiest

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It was an odious face—crafty, vicious, malignant, with shifty, light-grey eyes and white lashes.

“Porlock, Watson, is a nom-de-plume, a mere identification mark; but behind it lies a shifty and evasive personality.

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