• adj. 精明的；小心謹(jǐn)慎的；機(jī)靈的；有戒心的

詞源不詳。

cagey (adj.)

"evasive, reticent," 1896, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin. Earlier in English dialect it meant "sportive."

1. He is cagey about what he was paid for the business.

他對(duì)自己在這樁買賣中所得的報(bào)酬不愿多提。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Tony is very cagey about his family.

托尼對(duì)自己家的事諱莫如深。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

3. The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.

那只狡猾的狐貍不會(huì)輕易落入農(nóng)夫的陷阱.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She's very cagey about her past life.

她對(duì)自己過去的生活諱莫如深.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He gave a cagey, vague answer to my question.

他小心翼翼, 含糊其詞地回答了我的問題.

來自辭典例句