steal

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vt. 剽窃;偷偷地做;偷窃;vi. 窃取;偷偷地行动;[棒球]偷垒;n. [口]偷窃;便宜货;偷垒;[篮球]断球

发音

US /stiːl/
其它 /stiːl/

词形变化

steals 复数 stealed stealeth stealing steals 三单 steals stealt stold stole stoled stolen stolest stolne stealing 现在分词 stole 过去式 stolen 过去式 stolen 过去分词 stole 过去分词 stealest stolest 过去式 stealeth 三单 stole 复数

别名

steale

教材释义与例句

名词

偷窃;便宜货;偷垒;断球

to be very cheap

动词

剽窃;偷偷地做;偷窃

to take something that belongs to someone else

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.

    体育 游戏
  2. 2.

    A stolen base.

    体育 游戏
  3. 3.

    Scoring in an end without the hammer.

    体育 游戏
  4. 4.

    A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.

    计算机 工程 数学
  5. 5.

    The act of stealing.

    盗窃

  6. 6.

    A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.

    比喻 俚语

    Near-synonyms: bargain, good value, value for money

    At this price, this car is a steal.

    He got that thing for just twenty bucks? What a steal!

v. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.

    盗窃

    偷嘢

    及物

    Three irreplaceable paintings were stolen from the gallery.

    The problem is the two bicycles stolen from us.

    They stole all my money (from me).

  2. 2.

    To appropriate without giving credit or acknowledgement.

    及物 音乐

    They stole my idea for a biodegradable, disposable garbage de-odorizer.

  3. 3.

    To draw attention unexpectedly in (an entertainment), especially by being the outstanding performer. Usually used in the phrase steal the show.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To move silently or secretly.

    不及物

    He stole across the room, trying not to wake her.

  5. 5.

    To get or effect surreptitiously or artfully.

    及物

    He stole glances at the pretty woman across the street.

  6. 6.

    To acquire at a low price.

    比喻 非正式 及物

    He stole the car for two thousand less than its book value.

    He got that car for two grand under book? Wow, he stole that thing!

  7. 7.

    To convey (something) clandestinely.

    及物
  8. 8.

    To withdraw or convey (oneself) clandestinely.

  9. 9.

    To advance safely to (another base) during the delivery of a pitch, without the aid of a hit, walk, passed ball, wild pitch, or defensive indifference.

    偷垒

    及物 体育 游戏
  10. 10.

    To dispossess

    及物 体育
  11. 11.

    To borrow for a short moment.

    非正式 及物

    Can I steal your pen?

  12. 12.

    To take or retell someone else’s joke; to use a clever phrase or expression from someone else in one's own speaking or writing.

    幽默 非正式 及物

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *stelaną Proto-West Germanic *stelan Old English stelan Middle English stelen English steal Inherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną. Cognate with Bavarian stöhn (“to steal”), Dutch stelen (“to steal”), German, Low German stehlen (“to steal”), Luxembourgish stielen (“to steal”), Danish stjæle (“to steal”), Faroese stjala (“to steal”), Icelandic stela (“to steal”), Norwegian Bokmål stjele (“to steal”), Norwegian Nynorsk stela, stele (“to steal”), Swedish stjäla (“to steal”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan, “to steal”). For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”). etymology notes Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include * Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”) * Proto-Indo-European *stel(H)- (“to stretch”): compare Albanian pë/mbështjell (“to confuse, mess up, mix, wrap up”), Old Church Slavonic стєлѭ (steljǫ, “I spread out (bed, roof)”), Ancient Greek τηλία (tēlía, “playing table”) * Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”): compare Sanskrit त्सरति (tsárati, “creep, sneak up on”) and other forms under Pokorny 5. *sel- "schleichen, kriechen"

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