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词汇 crafty
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Definition of crafty in English:

crafty

adjectivecraftier, craftiest ˈkrɑːftiˈkræfti
  • 1Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods.

    狡猾的;诡计多端的

    a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison

    一个狡猾的骗子假装受伤逃出了监狱。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • ‘He was courageous, clever, confident, some people even say he was crafty,’ a friend describes the young schoolboy.
    • Miles isn't yet as efficient as Williams would like, but he is quick, crafty and sometimes sensational.
    • She's very crafty… but, of course, I'm the one who agreed to it.
    • My neighbors include a family of armadillos, a crafty old opossum and a resourceful raccoon.
    • I knew not that thy men were crafty and deceitful like a fox.
    • As crafty administrators will tell you, appoint a committee to insulate yourself against public criticism.
    • Steve was, and is, a pretty crafty hardware and software guy.
    • The crafty woman was clever enough not to give me the mobiles.
    • That gets him in trouble against quick, crafty pass rushers.
    • But elders get to be elders by being cunning and crafty.
    • It's just possible that crafty, quick, powerful Jones could defeat any fighter in any weight class in the world.
    • Beware of a crafty and clever individual who can talk you into making a bad financial deal.
    • Perhaps jurors minds were perverted by the words of some pretty crafty lawyers?
    • "Oh, he's much too crafty for that, " replied Armand.
    • The Geordies love him, opponents loathe him but he's crafty, cunning and still top class.
    • The tiger was too careful and too crafty to reveal himself just like that.
    • But Cass is pretty crafty and declares he is starting his own country.
    • Beware of a crafty person who undermines your achievement at work.
    • But they do like to dig up the garden, and are renowned as crafty escape artists.
    • She was that sort of girl, really quick and crafty.
    Synonyms
    cunning, guileful, wily, artful, devious, sly, tricky, duplicitous, dishonest, underhand, cheating, deceitful, Janus-faced, sharp, scheming, calculating, designing, evasive
    shrewd, astute, canny
    informal foxy
    South African informal slim
    archaic subtle
    1. 1.1 Involving or relating to indirect or deceitful methods.
      狡猾的;诡计多端的
      he sneaked off to a toilet for a crafty smoke

      他溜进厕所偷偷地抽了一支烟。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • He watched her stare at him and held a crafty smile across his face.
      • This is particularly true in the office, where crafty technologies help bosses keep abreast of what their employees are doing.
      • This year, a lot of GMs have pulled off some crafty trades and astute free-agent signings.
      • He is kidnapped and his friends try to save him - but are are captured by the Queen's crafty cunning.
      • The crafty machinations of the camera yield the spontaneity of the snapshot.
      • His methods are crafty and cunning, he is the master deceiver.
      • We're just wondering what crafty manoeuvre he'll have up his sleeve this time.
      • He pieces together the history behind the crafty tricks and cunning plans of conflict.
      • The government has wised up to the crafty ways of the wily general.
      • She glanced back along the corridor to where Hank still stood watching, and a crafty smile tilted her lips.
      • The film makes crafty use of suspense from the beginning and there are subtle elements of mystery.
      • ‘Well, usually I'd just walk in,’ Dallas said as he scratched his chin and a crafty smile appeared on his face.
      • Meanwhile, a surreptitious measure of whisky is pulled from his pocket for a crafty nip.
      • My red lips curl into a crafty little smile at the thought of that suave, devil of a man sitting on the sixty-eighth floor.
      • The carrot-and-stick strategy at first seemed ingenious or at least crafty.
      • These composition and narrative tricks would seemingly sink another film, making it too clever and crafty in a self-serving fashion.
      • Maria is a smoker and while she was having a crafty fag, we'd eye up all the cute smokers.
      • He utilizes the crafty technique of a savvy veteran.
      • She would have to do some fairly under handed and crafty lying to convince him to leave without revealing the conspiracy.
      • And while I was in there any thoughts of having a crafty fag dispersed at the sight of the smoke alarms.
  • 2informal Involving or relating to the making of objects by hand.

    〈非正式〉(装饰品等)手工制的

    a market full of crafty pots and interesting earrings

    一个摆满了手工制的陶罐和有趣耳环的集市。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sunday morning, Tracy, her mother, and I went shopping at a couple of cute little crafty stores.
    • If you are interested in joining a group of crafty ladies do come along and join in the fun.
    • Tap into your inner Picasso with these crafty tricks.

Derivatives

  • craftily

  • adverb
    • We watched in disbelief as the nation was craftily wrested from our grip in these three short years.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘It was craftily worded,’ admitted one EU diplomat in London.
      • I'm a food snob - it runs in my family - and this thing, this craftily tucked pastry square - it made the grade.
      • But whatever it is, it craftily evades our attempts to isolate and kill it.
      • I suppose I'm being artistically and craftily creative at the moment.
  • craftiness

  • noun
    • Rant aside, I do get some good ideas for cheaper home craftiness sometimes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I found out about the sins of the foolish and the craftiness of the smart.
      • Pilgrims are not unaware of such tactics, however, and some remarked upon his craftiness.
      • It highlights all that is bad in human nature: cunning, craftiness, and treachery.
      • Although candor is praised over craftiness, history shows that leaders who practiced deceit overcame those that lived by their pledges.

Origin

Old English cræftig 'strong, powerful', later 'skilful' (see craft, -y1).

Rhymes

draughty (US drafty)

Definition of crafty in US English:

crafty

adjectiveˈkræftiˈkraftē
  • 1Clever at achieving one's aims by indirect or deceitful methods.

    狡猾的;诡计多端的

    a crafty crook faked an injury to escape from prison

    一个狡猾的骗子假装受伤逃出了监狱。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • "Oh, he's much too crafty for that, " replied Armand.
    • Beware of a crafty person who undermines your achievement at work.
    • My neighbors include a family of armadillos, a crafty old opossum and a resourceful raccoon.
    • ‘He was courageous, clever, confident, some people even say he was crafty,’ a friend describes the young schoolboy.
    • The crafty woman was clever enough not to give me the mobiles.
    • The tiger was too careful and too crafty to reveal himself just like that.
    • That gets him in trouble against quick, crafty pass rushers.
    • Miles isn't yet as efficient as Williams would like, but he is quick, crafty and sometimes sensational.
    • I knew not that thy men were crafty and deceitful like a fox.
    • Beware of a crafty and clever individual who can talk you into making a bad financial deal.
    • It's just possible that crafty, quick, powerful Jones could defeat any fighter in any weight class in the world.
    • As crafty administrators will tell you, appoint a committee to insulate yourself against public criticism.
    • She's very crafty… but, of course, I'm the one who agreed to it.
    • But elders get to be elders by being cunning and crafty.
    • Steve was, and is, a pretty crafty hardware and software guy.
    • The Geordies love him, opponents loathe him but he's crafty, cunning and still top class.
    • But they do like to dig up the garden, and are renowned as crafty escape artists.
    • But Cass is pretty crafty and declares he is starting his own country.
    • She was that sort of girl, really quick and crafty.
    • Perhaps jurors minds were perverted by the words of some pretty crafty lawyers?
    Synonyms
    cunning, guileful, wily, artful, devious, sly, tricky, duplicitous, dishonest, underhand, cheating, deceitful, janus-faced, sharp, scheming, calculating, designing, evasive
    1. 1.1 Of, involving, or relating to indirect or deceitful methods.
      狡猾的;诡计多端的
      a shameless and crafty trick to mislead public opinion
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This year, a lot of GMs have pulled off some crafty trades and astute free-agent signings.
      • His methods are crafty and cunning, he is the master deceiver.
      • And while I was in there any thoughts of having a crafty fag dispersed at the sight of the smoke alarms.
      • He utilizes the crafty technique of a savvy veteran.
      • She glanced back along the corridor to where Hank still stood watching, and a crafty smile tilted her lips.
      • He watched her stare at him and held a crafty smile across his face.
      • This is particularly true in the office, where crafty technologies help bosses keep abreast of what their employees are doing.
      • She would have to do some fairly under handed and crafty lying to convince him to leave without revealing the conspiracy.
      • My red lips curl into a crafty little smile at the thought of that suave, devil of a man sitting on the sixty-eighth floor.
      • Meanwhile, a surreptitious measure of whisky is pulled from his pocket for a crafty nip.
      • These composition and narrative tricks would seemingly sink another film, making it too clever and crafty in a self-serving fashion.
      • We're just wondering what crafty manoeuvre he'll have up his sleeve this time.
      • He is kidnapped and his friends try to save him - but are are captured by the Queen's crafty cunning.
      • The government has wised up to the crafty ways of the wily general.
      • The carrot-and-stick strategy at first seemed ingenious or at least crafty.
      • Maria is a smoker and while she was having a crafty fag, we'd eye up all the cute smokers.
      • The crafty machinations of the camera yield the spontaneity of the snapshot.
      • The film makes crafty use of suspense from the beginning and there are subtle elements of mystery.
      • ‘Well, usually I'd just walk in,’ Dallas said as he scratched his chin and a crafty smile appeared on his face.
      • He pieces together the history behind the crafty tricks and cunning plans of conflict.
  • 2informal Of, involving, or relating to the making of decorative objects and other things by hand.

    〈非正式〉(装饰品等)手工制的

    a market full of crafty pots and interesting earrings

    一个摆满了手工制的陶罐和有趣耳环的集市。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tap into your inner Picasso with these crafty tricks.
    • Sunday morning, Tracy, her mother, and I went shopping at a couple of cute little crafty stores.
    • If you are interested in joining a group of crafty ladies do come along and join in the fun.

Origin

Old English cræftig ‘strong, powerful’, later ‘skillful’ (see craft, -y).

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