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If something is dicey, it is a bit dangerous and you cannot be sure how it will turn out. The mountain road can be dicey in fog. A plan can be dicey if too many things have to go right.
If something is dicey如果一個東西是dicey, it is a bit dangerous就是有點危險, and you cannot be sure而且你沒辦法確定 how it will turn out結果會怎樣。The mountain road山路 can be dicey in fog起霧的時候可能很dicey。A plan一個計畫, if too many things have to go right如果太多事情都得順利, can be dicey也可能是dicey的。
It is informal — fine with friends, odd in a school report. It is not as strong as dangerous; it sits in the “hmm, I don’t love this” zone.
It is informal這個詞很口語 — fine with friends跟朋友講沒問題, odd in a school report寫學校報告就顯得怪。It is not as strong as dangerous沒有dangerous那麼強烈; it sits in the “hmm, I don’t love this” zone比較像是「嗯，我不太喜歡這樣」的感覺。
People also stretch it to mean socially awkward: a dicey question, a dicey moment at dinner.
People人們 also stretch it to mean socially awkward也會延伸用來指場面尷尬: a dicey question尷尬的問題, a dicey moment at dinner晚餐時尷尬的一刻。
It comes from dice, the cubes you throw in a game, plus -y, the same ending as in lucky or risky. The picture is that you are leaving things to chance, and chance can go against you.
It comes from dice這個字來自dice, the cubes you throw in a game就是玩遊戲丟的骰子, plus -y加上-y, the same ending as in lucky or risky跟lucky、risky一樣的字尾。The picture畫面是 is that you are leaving things to chance你把事情交給運氣, and chance而運氣 can go against you可能對你不利。
組成dice (the cubes you throw in a game of chance) + -y (having that quality).
同家族的字
- dicethe game cubes; dicey is built straight from this word
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
diceyadj/ˈdaɪsi/
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Fraught with danger.
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Of uncertain, risky outcome.
- This was a dicey stratagem because all too often the support Britain rendered played into Zanu-PF's anti-colonial constructions.
- Devouring the flesh of animals killed on roadways can be a bit dicey.
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Of doubtful or uncertain efficacy, provenance, etc.; dodgy.
- As if I'm not a bit past that, Clem thought, as if with his dicey ticker and all he shouldn′t be taking life pretty quietly, instead of waking with the old memoroes disturbing him.
- If you were in the business of selling dicey meat, the invention of the telephone rocked your world.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。