cunning

cunning /'kʌniɳ/
  • danh từ
    • sự xảo quyệt, sự xảo trá, sự gian giảo, sự láu cá, sự ranh vặt, sự khôn vặt
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) sự khéo léo, sự khéo tay
    • tính từ
      • xảo quyệt, xảo trá, gian giảo, láu cá, ranh vặt, khôn vặt
        • a cunning trick: trò láu cá, thủ đoạn xảo quyệt
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) xinh xắn, đáng yêu, duyên dáng; quyến rũ
        • a cunning smile: nụ cười duyên dáng
      • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) khéo léo, khéo tay
        • a cunning workman: người thợ khéo tay

    Xem thêm: craft, craftiness, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness, cute, crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily, clever, ingenious



    cunning

    Từ điển Collocation

    cunning noun

    ADJ. great | devious, low | animal | native She relied on her native cunning to survive.

    VERB + CUNNING have She had great cunning and ruthlessness. | show | use He had used cunning to get what he wanted.

    PREP. with ~ She managed him with great cunning.

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness; cute

      a cute kid with pigtails

      a cute little apartment

      cunning kittens

      a cunning baby

    • marked by skill in deception; crafty, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily

      cunning men often pass for wise

      deep political machinations

      a foxy scheme

      a slick evasive answer

      sly as a fox

      tricky Dick

      a wily old attorney

    • showing inventiveness and skill; clever, ingenious

      a clever gadget

      the cunning maneuvers leading to his success

      an ingenious solution to the problem

    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


    syn.: calculating clever crafty plotting scheming skillful sly
    ant.: honest