cheeky

Word family

cheek·y /ˈtʃiːki/ adjectiveadj British EnglishBrE

RUDE/IMPOLITErude or disrespectful, sometimes in a way that is amusing 厚脸皮的，放肆的，无礼的，冒失的

cheeky devil/monkey etc

You did that on purpose, you cheeky little devil!

你是故意那么做的，你这无耻的小混蛋！

Now don’t be cheeky to your elders, young woman.

不得对长辈无礼，姑娘。

a chubby five-year-old with a cheeky grin

一个胖嘟嘟、咧着嘴调皮地笑着的五岁孩子

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—cheekily adverbadv

He grinned cheekily.

他厚颜无耻地咧嘴笑着。

—cheekiness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

cheeky• I don't like teaching that class - the kids are all so cheeky.• He tried talking but the teachers wouldn't listen and thought he was repeating words like a parrot or just being cheeky.• Behind his fabulous trumpet playing and cheeky alleged humour there's an intelligent, alert, artful mind at work.• What do you mean, I'm fat? You cheeky devil!• The smile that launched a career Fans of television presenter Michaela Strachan love her famous cheeky grin.• And doesn't she look cheeky in those figure-hugging pants.• In the morning she had poached a short and cheeky interview with the woman just elected to head the Conservative Party.• The anger that once greeted Clinton from opponents, and the cheeky irreverence even from sympathizers, may be receding.• The cheeky thieves replaced the photos with a Dot Cotton ashtray.

cheeky grin• The smile that launched a career Fans of television presenter Michaela Strachan love her famous cheeky grin.• But her mouth twitched in reply to his cheeky grin, and she sighed, visibly letting go some of her tension.

cheek·y adjectiveadj

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