weasel / ˈwi zəl /

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weasel2 个定义

n. 名词 noun

plural wea·sels, wea·sel.

  1. any small carnivore of the genus Mustela, of the family Mustelidae, having a long, slender body and feeding chiefly on small rodents.
  2. any of various similar animals of the family Mustelidae.
  3. a cunning, sneaky person.
v. 无主动词 verb
  1. to evade an obligation, duty, or the like; renege: That's one invitation I'd like to weasel out of.
  2. to use weasel words; be ambiguous; mislead: Upon cross-examination the witness began to weasel.
  3. Slang. to inform.

weasel 近义词

n. 名词 noun

sneak

v. 动词 verb

avoid, evade

更多weasel例句

  1. Note the weasel words (a term they do actually teach in law school): “affected community.”
  2. In the usual weasel language: more observations were needed.
  3. His mean face slowly resolved into a baffled, respectful expression, like that of a weasel facing a trap.
  4. The Gold Weasel Medal goes to Marco Rubio, as others such as Tim Noah have noted.
  5. I think the American people would like to hear Romney weasel around that one.
  6. Courage, that a poor private carrying a musket has to spare of; that does not fail a weasel or a rat; that is a brutish faculty?
  7. They have both been sometimes confounded with the weasel of Virginia, the genet, the musk-deer, and even with the hyna.
  8. He is called the weasel armadillo, because his head is nearly of the same form as a weasel.
  9. Then the father recollected his perjured vow, and his witnesses, the weasel and the well.
  10. "They are following our people toward the lodges of the Ogalalas," Painted Weasel told him.