词族 · sleight
词形变化
中文词源
sleight 敏捷手法，把戏，花招
来自 sly,狡猾的，敏捷的，-eight,构成名词，比较 weight,height.常见于习语 sleight of hand,敏 捷手法，用于指玩魔术或其它等的技巧，后引申词义把戏，花招。
英语词源
- sleight (n.)
- "cunning," early 14c. alteration of sleahthe (c. 1200), from Old Norse sloegð "cleverness, cunning, slyness," from sloegr (see sly). Meaning "skill, cleverness, dexterity" is from late 14c. Meaning "feat or trick requiring quickness and nimbleness of the hands" is from 1590s. Term sleight of hand is attested from c. 1400.
权威例句
- 1. He accused Mr MacGregor of "sleight of hand".
- 他指控麦格雷戈先生“使用障眼法”。
- 2. The trick is done simply by sleight of hand.
- 变这个戏法全凭手法敏捷。
- 3. With a little statistical sleight of hand they could make things look all right.
- 只要在统计上耍些小小的花招,他们就能瞒天过海.
- 4. In the theater of the media there is an economic sleight of hand.
- 传播媒介在经济上耍了一个大花招.
- 5. He makes a coin disappear by sleight of hand.
- 他一转手便把硬币变得没了.