sleight

FREQ #34139

n. 技巧, 诡计, 熟练

发音

/slaɪt/

词形变化

sleights 复数 sleights

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Cunning; craft; artful practice.

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  2. 2.

    An artful trick; sly artifice; a feat so dexterous that the manner of performance escapes observation.

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  3. 3.

    Dexterous practice; dexterity; skill.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dexterity

上位词 5

facility adeptness adroitness deftness quickness

相关短语

sleight of hand （隐蔽的）敏捷手法; （捏造假象或骗人的）手腕; 戏法; 熟练手法

词源

From Middle English sleighte, sleyght, sleythe, from Old Norse slœgð (“cunning”), from Proto-Germanic *slōgiþō, from *slōgiz (“cunning”) (whence English sly). Doublet of sly and slöjd/sloyd.

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