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单词 leery
释义 leery
I. \ˈlēri\ adjective
Etymology: leer (V) + -y
dialect England : leer V
II. \ˈlirē, -ri\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: leer (IV) + -y
1. archaic : alert, knowing, wide-awake
2. : exhibiting suspicion or doubt : distrustful, wary — usually used with of
 < the local woodpeckers … are leery of any sort of enclosure — New Yorker >
 < bookmakers were beginning to get leery of taking his bets — Robert Rice >
 < liberalism has been singularly leery of defining its own theoretical principles — Max Ascoli >
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