fishy

Word family  noun fish fishing fishery adjective fishy verb fish adverb fishily

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fish·y /ˈfɪʃi/ adjective  1  informalSUSPECT seeming bad or dishonest 可疑的，靠不住的 SYN suspicious There’s something very fishy about him. 他很是可疑。2  CTtasting or smelling of fish 鱼的；鱼味的；鱼腥气的 a fishy smell 鱼腥味

Examples from the Corpus

fishy• There's more water at Sea World where kids can touch, feed and learn about anything fishy.• Not a smell of anything fishy about one of them.• There was something fishy about the way supply met demand in an investment bank.• There's something fishy about this business, if you ask me.• But there was something fishy about those actresses because nine months after they had left even unmarried girls found themselves with child.• That was fishy enough, but what Henry saw next was even more fishy.• The air inside was rank with the fishy oils of stewing porpoise.• All of which sounds a bit fishy -- selling off a chunk of the government to regain control of it?• Frank said there was nothing to worry about, but it all sounded very fishy to me.

fish·y adjectiveChineseSyllable  

Corpus dishonest seeming or bad

fishy
fish‧y /ˈfɪʃi/ adjective1. informal seeming bad or dishonest
   SYN  suspicious:
    There’s something very fishy about him.
2. tasting or smelling of fish:
    a fishy smell

fishyBrE /ˈfɪʃi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪʃi/ 🔊 adjective (fish·ier, fishi·est) (informal) that makes you suspicious because it seems dishonest 可疑的；值得怀疑的 SYN suspicious ◆There's something fishy going on here. 这儿有点不大对头。🔊🔊smelling or tasting like a fish （像）鱼味的；有鱼腥味的◆What's that fishy smell? 那是什么腥味？🔊🔊