1560s, "able to manage for oneself, fertile in expedients," from shift (n.1) in secondary sense of "dodge, trick, artifice" + -y (2). Meaning "habitually using dishonest methods, characterized by trickery" first recorded 1837. In a sense "prone to shifting," of the wind, used from 1884. Related: Shiftily; shiftiness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He had a shifty face and previous convictions.
他看起來(lái)賊眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. I didn't trust his shifty expression.
他賊眉鼠眼,我不信任他.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.
他真是個(gè)狡詐的辯論家，總是拒絕給出直截了當(dāng)?shù)幕卮稹?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.
別一張嘴就那么刻薄挖苦.
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. She smiled, looking dreamily out on the shifty landscape.