weasel
weasel
noun
weasel words
weaselly
adjective
语源
noun
- a small slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat
鼬；鼬属动物（如黄鼠狼） - Genus Mustela, family Mustelidae (the weasel family): several species, in particular M. nivalis of northern Eurasia and northern North America. The family also includes the polecats, minks, martens, skunks, wolverine, otters, and badgers
鼬属，鼬科：数种，尤指欧亚大陆北部和北美北部的伶鼬。该科还包括鸡貂、水貂、貂、臭鼬、狼獾、水獭和獾
■Irish term for stoat
(爱尔兰)。 同 stoat
■(figurative, informal)a deceitful or treacherous person
(喻，非正式)狡猾的人，奸诈的人
- [no obj.]achieve something by use of cunning or deceit
耍滑头；欺骗
she suspects me of trying to weasel my way into his affections.
她怀疑我企图骗取他的感情。
■(chiefly US)behave or talk evasively
(主美)逃脱；推诿；支吾，躲闪
weasel words
- words or statements that are intentionally ambiguous or misleading
weaselly
adjective
语源
- Old English wesle, wesule, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wezel and German Wiesel
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