shoplift

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vi.vt. 入店偷窃商品

发音

其它 /ˈʃɒplɪft/

词形变化

shoplifts 复数 shoplifted shoplifting shoplifts 三单 shoplifts shoplifting 现在分词 shoplifted 过去式 shoplifted 过去分词

别名

shop-lift

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A shoplifter.

    废旧

    1704, John Dunton, The Athenian Oracle, Athenian Society, Volume III, page 67, […] and indeed it seems a Hardſhip in our Laws, that a poor Shoplift ſhou′d be hang′d for breaking in and pilfering a few Goods, […] .

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To steal something from a shop or store during business hours, usually by means of hiding merchandise.

    商店行窃

    入店行窃

    店铺盗窃

    商店偷窃

    及物
  2. 2.

    To steal from shops / stores during trading hours.

    商店行窃

    入店行窃

    店铺盗窃

    商店偷窃

    不及物

    1969 October, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, Mechanisms for Exploiting the Black Community, Negro Digest, 22, Thus, the teacher shook down the kids, the big kids shook down the little kids, the little kids shoplifted to get money, etc., etc.

词汇关系

动词

词源

Back-formation from shoplifter.

来源:wiktionary