cagey

• adj. 精明的；小心謹慎的；機靈的；有戒心的

詞源不詳。

cagey (adj.)

"evasive, reticent," 1896, U.S. colloquial, of unknown origin. Earlier in English dialect it meant "sportive."

1. He is cagey about what he was paid for the business.

他對自己在這樁買賣中所得的報酬不願多提。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Tony is very cagey about his family.

托尼對自己家的事諱莫如深。

來自《權威詞典》

3. The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.

那隻狡猾的狐狸不會輕易落入農夫的陷阱.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. She's very cagey about her past life.

她對自己過去的生活諱莫如深.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. He gave a cagey, vague answer to my question.

他小心翼翼, 含糊其詞地回答了我的問題.

來自辭典例句