canny meaning in English
adj.
1.机警的，精明的，心细的；狡猾的。
2.〔苏格兰语〕俭约的；安全的；安静的，稳定的，温和的；幸运的。
3.〔英方〕悦目的，吸引人的。
adv.
-ily ,-niness n.
Examples
- Johnson was plainly a canny individual .
约翰逊显然是个狡猾的人物。 - The canny scotsman was more than a match for the swindlers .
这个精明的苏格兰人比骗子还历害。 - His lawyer, harper steger, looked very shrewd and canny to them .
他的律师哈巴斯达格看上去很乖巧，狡黠。 - He has a canny bit land of his own, and need not look on two sides of a penny .
牧师阁下有一块不孬的土地，用不着掂斤播两的。 - A canny bureaucratic infighter, moorer made no pretense of academic subtlety .
穆勒是个机警的官场角逐者，但他并不装作高深莫测。