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Describes someone, or something they do, that is done secretly, in a way meant not to be noticed — usually because it isn't quite fair or honest. It's often used lightly, even , about small tricks (eating the last cookie without telling anyone, a clever move in a game), not just serious .
偷偷摸摸的、鬼鬼祟祟的
組成sneak (to move quietly and secretly) + -y (adjective ending, "full of / like").
同家族的字
- sneaksneaky is the adjective form of the verb sneak — to move secretly
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。
sneakyadj/ˈsniːki/
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Elusive; difficult to capture or observe due to constantly outwitting the adversaries.
- Catching those thieves will be hard: they're so sneaky!
- Be sneaky. Fish frighten easily.
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Dishonest; deceitful.
- They played a sneaky trick on us.
- A contribution to a wall newspaper of which I was an editor in our sector poked fun at the never-changing menu in the school cafeteria. It centred on the various and devious methods used in serving us hamburger. One time it would be called hamburger, another time bifshtek, then cutlet, and sneakiest of all, schnitzel—the only difference among them was usually only in their shape or whether bread crumbs had been used.
sneakynoun/ˈsniːki/
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slangespionagegovernmentmilitaryAny device used for covert surveillance.
- […] in cooperation with the National Security Agency, installs and maintains "sneakies" throughout the U.S.S.R. and Communist China — but increasingly, denied areas are surveyed more simply.
- […] has used travellers to plant 'sneakies' - small electronic transmitting devices which form part of a surveillance network.
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。