cagey
/ˈkeɪdʒɪ/(亦作cagy)
adjective
- informal reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion〈非正式〉(因谨慎或怀疑而)吞吞吐吐的, 不愿透露的:
a spokesman was cagey about the arrangements his company had struck.
发言人对他公司所作出的安排吞吞吐吐。
派生词
cagily
adverbcaginess
(亦作cageyness)noun词源
early 20th cent. (originally US): of unknown origin.