Canny
['kænɪ] or ['kæni]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Alt. of Cannei
吉米編輯
解釋/意思:
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.
奥布里校對
例句/造句/用法:
- The dealer in dyes and wigs was a shrewd and canny man. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
編輯:弗吉尼亚