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shady 音標拼音: [ʃ'edi] a. 蔭涼的,成蔭的,陰暗的,隱蔽的 蔭涼的,成蔭的,陰暗的,隱蔽的 shady adj 1: ( of businesses and businessmen) unscrupulous; " a shady operation" [ synonym: { fly- by- night}, { shady}] 2: of questionable taste or morality; " a louche nightclub"; " a louche painting" [ synonym: { louche}, { shady}] 3: not as expected; " there was something fishy about the accident"; " up to some funny business"; " some definitely queer goings- on"; " a shady deal"; " her motives were suspect"; " suspicious behavior" [ synonym: { fishy}, { funny}, { shady}, { suspect}, { suspicious}] 4: filled with shade; " the shady side of the street"; " the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; " we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; " cool umbrageous woodlands" [ synonym: { shady}, { shadowed}, { shadowy}, { umbrageous}] Shady \ Shad" y\, a. [ Compar. { Shadier}; superl. { Shadiest}.] 1. Abounding in shade or shades; overspread with shade; causing shade. [ 1913 Webster] The shady trees cover him with their shadow. -- Job. xl. 22. [ 1913 Webster] And Amaryllis fills the shady groves. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. [ 1913 Webster] Cast it also that you may have rooms shady for summer and warm for winter. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Of or pertaining to shade or darkness; hence, unfit to be seen or known; of questionable character; unsavory; equivocal; dubious, corrupt, or criminal; as, a shady character; -- of people or activities. [ Colloq.] " A shady business." -- London Sat. Rev. Shady characters, disreputable, criminal. -- London Spectator. [ 1913 Webster] { On the shady side of}, on the thither side of; as, on the shady side of fifty; that is, more than fifty. [ Colloq.] { To keep shady}, to stay in concealment; also, to be reticent. [ Slang] [ 1913 Webster] 93 Moby Thesaurus words for " shady": amoral, bent, blue, bosky, broad, clouded, conscienceless, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked, curtained, dark, darkling, derogatory, devious, discreditable, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, disreputable, doubtful, dubious, dusky, equivocal, evasive, felonious, fishy, fraudulent, ignoble, ignominious, ill- got, ill- gotten, immoral, indecisive, indefinite, indirect, indistinct, infamous, inglorious, insidious, not kosher, notorious, obumbrate, obumbrated, off- color, overshaded, overshadowed, penumbral, purple, questionable, racy, rotten, salty, screened, seamy, shabby, shaded, shadow, shadowy, shameful, shameless, sheltered, shifty, shoddy, sinister, slippery, sordid, spicy, suggestive, suspect, suspicious, tricky, umbral, uncertain, unconscienced, unconscientious, unconscionable, undecided, underhand, underhanded, unethical, unpraiseworthy, unprincipled, unreliable, unrespectable, unsavory, unscrupulous, unstraightforward, veiled, wicked, without remorse, without shame
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