| 单词 | foxy |
| 释义 | foxy (once / 6118 pages) adj People who are foxy are either sneaky or good looking. If you say someone is foxy, unless she has a long skinny nose and is stealing your eggs, you probably mean she’s hot. If your dog is foxy, he might resemble a pointy-nosed fox, or he may be a wily beggar, convincing people with his sad eyes that he hasn't eaten for days. Foxy is also an informal term for an attractive person. This meaning comes from the Middle Ages, when a writer complained of women’s clothes that were so tight they had to stuff fox tails down the back of their skirts to hide their behinds. That is not weird at all. WORD FAMILYfoxy: foxier, foxiest, foxily, foxiness+/fox: foxed, foxes, foxing, foxy USAGE EXAMPLESThere’s the posse of foxy New York financiers who peel off their skiwear to reveal matching leopard print catsuits and ears. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) This frenzy is what made “Foxy Knoxy,” as she was dubbed by the tabloids, a front-page story across the globe. Slate(Sep 30, 2016) In the years since, Greenfield-Sanders has gone on to photograph Muhammad Ali, Naomi Campbell, Hillary Clinton and rapper Foxy Brown. Los Angeles Times(Sep 20, 2016) adj marked by skill in deception a foxy scheme Syn crafty, cunning, dodgy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily artful marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft |
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