artful
['ɑ:tful]
a. 巧妙, 狡猾

1. He's an artful devil!
   诡端!
2. It's an artful little gadget for opening tins.
   那巧玲珑罐头。
3. The Artful Dodger sent Oliver out to pick a few pockets, and told him not to come back empty-handed.
   狡猾道奇尔派奥弗去掏袋，告着回。

artful
[ adj ]

1. not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

<adj.all>
an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time
a disingenuous excuse

2. marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft

<adj.all>
the artful dodger
an artful choice of metaphors

Artful \Art"ful\, a. [From {Art}.]
1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
[Archaic] ``Artful strains.'' ``Artful terms.'' --Milton.

2. Artificial; imitative. --Addison.

3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance;
dexterous; skillful.

He [was] too artful a writer to set down events in
exact historical order. --Dryden.

4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing;
crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.]

Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. --Pope.

The artful revenge of various animals. --Darwin.

Syn: Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky;
deceitful; designing. See {Cunning}.