leery
美音:
[´lıərı
]英音:
[´lıərı
]adj.机敏的,送秋波的,狡猾的
难易程度:
leery为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:leeriness 副词:leerily 形容词比较级:leerier 最高级:leeriest
leery
/'lɪərɪ; `lɪrɪ/
adj [pred 作表语] ~ (of sb/sth) (infml 口) wary; suspicious 机警; 怀疑
*I tend to be a bit leery of cut-price `bargains'. 我对减价商品有点戒心.
leery
adj informal[
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: Perhaps from leer
'cheek';
LEER]
careful in the way that you deal with something or someone because you do not trust them
=
waryleery of I was very leery of him after I found out he had lied to Jennifer.