weasel

名词 weasel:

1. small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck

1. The stock-brokers did not corner Mr Barber as they purposed; you don't catch a weasel asleep.
   股票经纪人没按原来的打算把巴伯先生逼入绝境，你不可攻其不备。
2. Weasel lives mainly on rats and rabbits.
   黄鼠狼主要以老鼠和兔子为食。
3. Their boss escaped to weasel out of his responsibility.
   他们的老板为逃避责任溜走了。

wea.sel

n.（名词）
Any of various carnivorous mammals of the genusMustela, having a long slender body, a long tail, short legs, and brownish fur that in many species turns white in winter.
鼬，鼬类动物：多种鼬 属食肉哺乳动物之任一种，有细长的身体、长尾巴、短腿和棕色的皮毛，很多种类的鼬皮毛在冬天变成白色
A person regarded as sneaky or treacherous.
刁钻者，靠不住的人
v.intr.（不及物动词）
wea.seled 也作 wea.selled wea.sel.ing wea.sel.ling wea.sels wea.sels
To be evasive; equivocate.
推诿；狡辩

<常用词组>weasel out 【非正式用语】
To back out of a situation or commitment in a sneaky or cowardly manner.
逃脱，推诿：以一种狡黠或懦怯的方式脱离某种境况或推诿责任
来源：
Middle English wesele
中古英语 wesele
from Old English wesle
源自 古英语 wesle