crafty
英 ['krɑːftɪ]
美 ['kræfti]
語源
英語の語源
- crafty (adj.)
- mid-12c., crafti, from Old English cr?ftig "strong, powerful," later "skillful, ingenious," degenerating by c. 1200 to "cunning, sly" (but through 15c. also "skillfully done or made; intelligent, learned; artful, scientific") from craft (n.) + -y (2). Related: Craftily; craftiness.
例文
- 1. That was my crafty little plan.
- それは私の小さな妙案です。
- 2.He 's a crafty old devil.
- 彼は狡猾で狡猾なやつだ。
- 3.This fellow is very crafty ; we had better be on our guard.
- こいつは悪巧みが多いから気をつけなければならない。
- 4.He admired the old man for his crafty plan.
- 彼は老人の神妙な計算を敬服している。
- 5.He was a crafty old thing.
- 彼は悪巧みの多い男だ。
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