sharper

FREQ #19210

n. 骗子, 欺诈者, 赌棍 [法] 欺骗者, 欺诈犯

发音

US /ˈʃɑɹpɚ/
其它

词形变化

sharpers 复数 sharpers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A swindler; a cheat; a professional gambler who makes his living by cheating.

    过时

    1878, John Payne, Introduction, in François Villon, Poems, translated by John Payne, New York: Boni & Liveright, c. 1918, p. 33 https://archive.org/details/poemsvillon00vill […] in a twinkling the accomplished sharper changes the pitchers and pretending to examine the contents, asks the tapster what kind of wine he has given him […]

    The Derby Day sun glittered gaily on cads, / On maidens with gamboge hair, / On sharpers and pickpockets, swindlers and pads— / (For I, with my harp, was there).

adj.
  1. 1.

    comparative form of sharp: more sharp

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

sharpie cardshark cardsharp cardsharper sharpy

上位词 8

swindler grifter cardplayer chiseler chiseller defrauder gouger scammer

词源

From sharp + -er.

来源：wiktionary