单词 | shifty |
释义 | shiftyadj. 1. a. Full of shifts or expedients; well able to shift for oneself. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > [adjective] > resourceful shifty1570 shiftfula1618 nackety1756 resourceful1808 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Iiii/2 Shifty, astutus, prouidus. 1783 Maryland Jrnl. 18 Feb. 3/3 Ran away,..a Negro Man, named Pompey,..very artful and shifty. 1838 ‘Texian’ Mexico v. Texas 217 Flambeau, who was extremely shifty, soon built up a nice little booth. 1859 C. Kingsley Water-supply London in Misc. II. 218 The canny, shifty, far-seeing Scot, with that mingled daring and caution of his. 1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 124 What a plastic little creature he [man] is! so shifty, so adaptive! 1888 W. Black In Far Lochaber xxiii She was in many ways a shifty and business-like young person, who had early acquired a sense of responsibility. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > efficacy > [adjective] frameeOE goodeOE mightyOE vailanta1325 sicker1338 mightful1340 suffisant1340 virtuousa1387 effectivea1398 effectuala1398 worthya1398 availingc1420 effectuous?a1425 operant?a1425 substantialc1449 virtual?a1475 substantious1483 available1502 efficacious1528 energial1528 working1532 operatory1551 operatoriousa1555 stately1567 feckful1568 efficace?1572 shifty1585 operative1590 instrumental1601 efficable1607 speeding1612 effectuating1615 officious1618 availsome1619 prevailable1624 valid1651 perficient1659 affectuous1664 implemental1676 virtual1760 efficient1787 sufficient1831 slick1833 roadworthy1837 practician1863 positive1903 performant1977 1585 R. Greene Planetomachia i. sig. Hv Seeing his troubled minde coulde finde out no shiftie deuise. 2. a. Fond of indirect or dishonest methods; addicted to evasion or artifice; not straightforward, not to be depended on. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [adjective] > evasive shifting1581 shuffling1616 purty1682 evasive1725 shifty1837 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] slipperc1000 hinderc1200 slidderya1250 covert1340 unwrast1393 slyc1440 slippery1555 fetching1570 shifting1581 as slippery as an eel1601 roundabout1608 corner-creeping1610 shuffling1616 prevaricatory1645 prevaricative1657 sliverly1674 whifflinga1680 sneak-pasty1681 slid1719 evasive1725 shauchling1755 shifty1837 slab-bridged1845 sneaky1861 pussy-footed1893 sidewinding1902 slithery1902 pussyfooting1926 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. iv. iv. 192 A Stanislas Maillard,..one of the shiftiest of men? 1841 Kinnear Cairo, etc. 305 A most shifty old fox he [sc. Mehemet Ali] is. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul II. ix. xxxvi. 143 Their Jewish teachers said that Paul was shifty and complaisant. b. Of a person's attributes, actions, etc. Also in combinations, as shifty-eyed adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > of actions, words, etc. sly1387 sinister?1455 slippery1579 shuffling1644 evasorious1687 evasive1744 shiftya1863 a1863 W. M. Thackeray Denis Duval ii, in Cornhill Mag. (1864) Mar. 264 A handsome, tall, sallow-faced man, with a shifty eye. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. vi. 223 I scorn your shifty evasions. 1884 American 7 213 His political methods have been shifty and not straightforward. 1922 H. Jenkins John Dene of Toronto i. 11 A shifty-eyed little man. 1977 M. Babson Lord Mayor of Death xiv. 92 He must have looked a right shifty-eyed bastard. 3. Changeable or changeful; wavering. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 1882 H. S. Holland Logic & Life (1885) 294 Principles grow vague, and shifty, and indecisive. 1884 Manch. Guard. 22 Sept. 5/4 People of fashion and taste..are so shifty that they do not know their own minds from day to day. 1904 R. Bridges Demeter 630 Until his shifty mind Became to pity inclined. 4. Changing or shifting in position. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > [adjective] > moving stirringc950 movablea1382 swayingc1400 moving?a1425 shifting1479 mobile1490 unquiet1539 movent1644 impacifica1657 traversing1785 unstationary1832 unsettled1845 shifty1884 the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] slidinga900 wankleeOE windyc1000 unsteadfastc1200 fleeting?c1225 loose?c1225 brotelc1315 unstablec1340 varyingc1340 variantc1374 motleyc1380 ungroundedc1380 muablea1393 passiblea1393 remuablea1393 changeablea1398 movablea1398 variablec1397 slidderya1400 ticklec1400 variantc1412 flitting1413 mutable?a1425 movingc1425 flaskisable1430 flickering1430 transmutablec1430 vertible1447 brittlea1450 ficklea1450 permutablec1450 unfirmc1450 uncertain1477 turnable1483 unsteadfast1483 vagrantc1522 inconstant1526 alterable?1531 stirringc1540 slippery1548 various1552 slid?1553 mutala1561 rolling1561 weathery1563 unconstant1568 interchangeable1574 fluctuant1575 stayless1575 transitive1575 voluble1575 changeling1577 queasy1579 desultory1581 huff-puff1582 unstaid1586 vagrant1586 changeful1590 floating1594 Protean1594 unstayed1594 swimming1596 anchorless1597 mobilec1600 ticklish1601 catching1603 labile1603 unrooted1604 quicksilvered1605 versatile1605 insubstantial1607 uncertain1609 brandling1611 rootless1611 squeasy1611 wind-changinga1616 insolid1618 ambulatory1625 versatilous1629 plastic1633 desultorious1637 unbottomed1641 fluid1642 fluent1648 yea-and-nay1648 versipellous1650 flexile1651 uncentred1652 variating1653 chequered1656 slideable1662 transchangeative1662 weathercock-like1663 flicketing1674 fluxa1677 lapsable1678 wanton1681 veering1684 upon the weathercock1702 contingent1703 unsettled?1726 fermentable1731 afloat1757 brickle1768 wavy1795 vagarious1798 unsettled1803 fitful1810 metamorphosical1811 undulating1815 tittupya1817 titubant1817 mutative1818 papier mâché1818 teetotum1819 vacillating1822 capricious1823 sensitive1828 quicksilvery1829 unengrafted1829 fluxionala1834 proteiform1833 liquid1835 tottlish1835 kaleidoscopic1846 versative1846 kaleidoscopical1858 tottery1861 choppy1865 variative1874 variational1879 wimbly-wambly1881 fluctuable1882 shifty1882 giveable1884 shifty1884 tippy1886 mutatory1890 upsettable1890 rocky1897 undulatory1897 streaky1898 tottly1905 tipply1906 up and down1907 inertialess1927 sometimey1946 rise-and-fall1950 switchable1961 1884 A. Brassey in Good Words Mar. 165/1 The wind was shifty, though light and fair. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. xiii. 304 A South-easterly wind blew the waters to shifty gold-leaf prints of brilliance under the sun. 1907 J. G. Millais Newfoundland xii. 244 The wind had dropped, and showed signs of being shifty. 1976 Yachts & Yachting 20 Aug. 377/1 Weatherwise the 116-strong fleet had mostly light and shifty winds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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