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sly/slai/adj. (slyer, slyest) 1 cunning; crafty; wily 狡猾的，狡诈的；阴险的 2a (of a person) practising secrecy or stealth (人)躲躲闪闪的，偷偷摸摸的 b (of an action etc.) done etc. in secret (行为等)秘密的 3 hypocritical; ironical 虚伪的；讽刺的 4 knowing; arch; bantering; insinuating 聪颖的；俏皮的；心照不宣的 5 Austral. & NZ slang (esp. of liquor) illicit [澳新] [俚语] (尤指烈酒)违禁的，违法的 □ on the sly privately; covertly; without publicity 秘密地，偷偷摸摸地，悄悄地 smuggled some through on the sly 偷偷地走私一些东西 □ slyly adv. (also 亦作 slily)□ slyness n.[Middle English sleh etc. from Old Norse slœgr ‘cunning’, originally ‘able to strike’ from slóg-, past stem of slɑˊ ‘strike’: cf. SLEIGHT] |