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- a small slender carnivorous mammal related to, but smaller than, the stoat鼬; 鼬属动物。
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- 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。
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- figurative, informal a deceitful or treacherous person〈喻, 非正式〉狡猾的人, 奸诈的人。
(weaselled, weaseling; <美> weaseled, weaseling) no obj.
1- 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。
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- chiefly US behave or talk evasively〈主美〉逃脱; 推诿; 支吾, 躲闪。
派生词
weaselly
adjective词源
Old English wesle, wesule, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch wezel and German Wiesel.