canny
英 ['kænɪ]
美 ['kæni]
- adj. 精明的，谨慎的；节约的
- n. (Canny)人名；(英)坎尼
TEM8 GRE
1. can "know, know how to do something, be mentally able, have learned, have power to, be able" + 双写 n 加 -y.
2. 本义为：knowing, 引申为：careful.
canny 精明的来自can, 知道，词源同cunning, uncanny。
- canny
- canny: see can
- canny (adj.)
- 1630s, Scottish and northern English formation from can (v.1) in its sense of "know how to," + -y (2). "Knowing," hence, "careful." A doublet of cunning that flowed into distinct senses. Often used superciliously of Scots by their southern neighbors (and their American cousins).
The Canny Scot is so well known as scarcely to require description. He carries caution, cunning, and selfishness to excess. Deceitful when a purpose is to be accomplished, he is not habitually deceitful. One thing he never loses sight of--his own interest. But of his own interest he is not the most enlightened judge. ["The Natural History of Scotsmen," in "The Argosy," December 1865]
Related: Cannily; canniness.
- 1. Some analysts believe he has made a canny political manoeuvre.
- 一些分析家认为，他的这一政治举措很高明。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Johnson was plainly a canny individual.
- 约翰逊显然是个狡猾的人物.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Especially, the improved Canny operator is worthy of referring in other similar kinds of detecting system.
- 特别是改进的Canny算子算法,对其它类似检测系统也具有较高参考价值.
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- 4. A canny investor would need to predict when the dollar will once more start tumbling.
- 精明的投资者需要预计到美元何时会再次大跌。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The canny Premier covered his back by pointing out that he was of Scottish stock.
- 精明狡猾的首相辩解说自己是苏格兰血统。
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