cagey

形容词 cagey:

1. showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others
   同义词：cagy, canny, clever
2. characterized by great cautious and wariness
   同义词：cagy, chary

1. The old hermit was very cagey about her past life.
   老隐士对自己过去的生活守口如瓶。
2. She's very cagey about her past life.
   她对自己过去的生活守口如瓶。
3. The cagey fox can not be easily trapped by the farmer.
   那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱。

cagey 也作 ca.gy

adj.（形容词）
ca.gi.er,ca.gi.est
Wary; careful:
小心的；谨慎的：
例句：
a cagey avoidance of a definite answer.
谨慎的避免确定的回答

Crafty; shrewd:
狡猾的；机敏的：
例句：
a cagey lawyer.
机敏的律师

来源：
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【引伸】
ca.gily
adv.（副词）
ca.giness
n.（名词）