cunning
US: /ˈkənɪŋ/
UK: /kˈʌnɪŋ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
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
- xảo quyệt, xảo trá, gian giảo, láu cá, ranh vặt, khôn vặt
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun+ adjective
1 (disapproving) able to get what you want in a clever way, especially by tricking or deceiving sb: a cunning liar + He was as cunning as a fox.
2 clever and skilful: It was a cunning piece of detective work.
cunningly adverb: The microphone was cunningly concealed in the bookcase.
+ noun [U] the ability to achieve sth by tricking or deceiving other people in a clever way: It took energy and cunning just to survive. + She used low cunning (= dishonest behaviour) to get what she wanted.
Collocation
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.
Concise dictionary
'kʌnɪŋnoun
+shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
+crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
adj.
+attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
+marked by skill in deception
+showing inventiveness and skill
