• adj. 變化的；詭詐的；機智的

shift,轉移，-y,形容詞后綴。比喻用法。

shifty (adj.)

1560s, "able to manage for oneself, fertile in expedients," from shift (n.1) in secondary sense of "dodge, trick, artifice" + -y (2). Meaning "habitually using dishonest methods, characterized by trickery" first recorded 1837. In a sense "prone to shifting," of the wind, used from 1884. Related: Shiftily; shiftiness.

1. He had a shifty face and previous convictions.

他看起來賊眉鼠眼，而且有犯罪前科。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I didn't trust his shifty expression.

他賊眉鼠眼,我不信任他.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.

他真是個狡詐的辯論家，總是拒絕給出直截了當的回答。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Don't begin talking in that stiff and shifty sort of way.

別一張嘴就那么刻薄挖苦.

來自辭典例句

5. She smiled, looking dreamily out on the shifty landscape.

她臉露微笑, 用一種夢幻似的目光看著那變化莫測的景色.

來自辭典例句