Canny
['kænɪ] or ['kæni]
解释:
(a.) Alt. of Cannei
吉米编辑
解释:
adj. (Scot.) knowing: shrewd: having supernatural power (see Uncanny): comfortable: careful in money matters: gentle: sly or pawky.—adv. Cann′ily.—n. Cann′iness.—To ca' canny to go or act cautiously.
奥布里校对
例句:
- The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- A little later, however, Sir William, always cautious and canny, began to discover the inherent defects of the primitive battery, as to disintegration, inefficiency, costliness, etc. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- Despairing of Spanish help, Columbus sent his brother Bartholomew to Henry VII of England, but the adventure did not attract that canny monarch. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
编辑:弗吉尼亚