weasel

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wea·sel1 /ˈwiːzəl/ noun [countable]  1.HBAa small thin furry animal that kills and eats rats and birds 鼬，黄鼠狼

Examples from the Corpus

weasel• Methinks it is like a weasel.• He'd agreed with her about the low weasels who had nominated her.• I see fresh red squirrel and hare tracks, but curiously none at all of weasel.• I saw several tracks of rabbit, grouse, and one weasel.• And so in their turn came the fox and the stoat and the weasel.• Long bodies and short legs are reminders of their close relationship to weasels and polecats.weasel2 verb (weaselled, weaselling British English, weaseled, weaseling American English)  1 weasel out phrasal verb informalAVOID to avoid doing something you should do by using clever or dishonest excuses 逃避〔责任〕，〔狡猾地〕逃脱 of He’s now in court trying to weasel out of $25 million in debts. 他现在正在法庭上，试图逃避2,500万美元的债务。→ See Verb tableOrigin weasel1 Old English weosule

wea·sel1 nounweasel2 verbChineseSyllable  

kills Corpus small that thin furry a animal

weasel

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wea‧sel¹ /ˈwiːzəl/ noun [countable]a small thin furry animal that kills and eats rats and birds

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weasel² verb (past tense and past participle weaselled, present participle weaselling British English, weaseled, weaseling American English)
     
weasel out phrasal verb
  informal to avoid doing something you should do by using clever or dishonest excuses
    weasel out of
    He’s now in court trying to weasel out of $25 million in debts.