Canny
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj. 精明仔细的
- ［英］ adj. 精明仔细的 ( shrewd and careful)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. adjective (cannier; -est)
- Etymology: ［sup］1［/sup］can
- Date: 1596
- 1. clever, shrewd canny lawyer; also prudent <canny investments
- 2. chiefly Scottish
- a. careful, steady; also restrained
- b. quiet, snug <then canny, in some cozy place, they close the day — Robert Burns
- ? cannily adverb
- ? canniness noun
II. adverb
- Date: circa 1796
- Scottish in a canny manner ; carefully
