查询词典 catch a weasel asleep

A blundering bat once stuck her head into a wakeful weasel's bed; whereat the mistress of the house, a deadly foe of rats and mice was making ready in a trice to eat the stranger as a mouse."What! Do you dare," she said, to creep in the very bed I sometimes sleep in, now, after all the provocation I have suffered from your thievish nation?

一次，一只冒失的蝙蝠不小心闯入一只黄鼠狼的窝里，这只警醒的母黄鼠狼是老鼠的天敌，她正准备把他当成老鼠一口吞下去，"好呀，你胆子还真不小，"她说道：我早就受不了你们老鼠偷偷摸摸的行经了，现在，你竟敢溜到我的卧室来？

If it is, then the rich people can murder and set fire unscrupulously because they have ways to weasel out of criminal activities.

倘若是，那么有钱人便可以肆无忌惮地杀人放火了，因为他们有的是办法去解决问题。

It was a good "weasel word."

这是个典型的"难以捉摸的字眼"。

Do you know the word crap weasel?

对，你懂什么叫"二百五"

A weasel word is a modifier that almost contradicts the claim that is made.

"鼬鼠"型的词语是一种修饰语，与广告词的意思几乎是相矛盾的。

"Try" is a weasel word."Well, I'll try," some people say. It's a cop-out. They're just giving you lip service, when they probably have no real intention of doing what you ask.

"试试看"是一个含糊的用词，常常会听到："好的，我会试试看"这话基本是表示说话人不想做这个事，只是个敷衍。

The expression "weasel word"is aptly named after the egg-eating habits of weasels.

"鼬鼠型的词语"这个名称取得非常恰当，其典故来源于鼬鼠吃蛋的习惯。

That's an invitation I'd like to weasel out of.

那是个我想避而不去的邀请。

He wants to weasel out of his responsibilities.

他想躲避其应该负的责任。

"Weasel," he says, right, that's the one.

"Weasel，"他说，没错，就是这个。

Those who loved reading were obliged to send for their books from England; the members of the junto had each a few

那些喜欢看书的人就得从英国购书，讲读俱乐部的的成员每人都有几本。

Three fourths of the earth's surface is covered with water.

地球表面的四分之三被水覆盖着。