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stealing 音標拼音: [st'ilɪŋ] n. 偷竊,偷壘,賊贓
a. 有偷竊行為的 偷竊,偷壘,賊贓有偷竊行為的 stealing竊用 stealing n 1: the act of taking something from someone unlawfully; " the thieving is awful at Kennedy International" [ synonym: { larceny}, { theft}, { thievery}, { thieving}, { stealing}] 2: avoiding detection by moving carefully [ synonym: { stealth}, { stealing}] Steal \ Steal\ ( st[= e] l), v. t. [ imp. { Stole} ( st[= o] l); p. p. { Stolen} ( st[= o]" l' n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Stealing}.] [ OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[ aum] la, Dan. stiaele, Goth. stilan.] 1. To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another. [ 1913 Webster] Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence Or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets in alms. -- G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely ( reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate. [ 1913 Webster] They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] He will steal himself into a man' s favor. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means. [ 1913 Webster] So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 Sam. xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To get into one' s power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away. [ 1913 Webster] Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look. [ 1913 Webster] Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal it. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] { To steal a march}, to march in a covert way; to gain an advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march upon one' s political rivals. [ 1913 Webster] She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy. -- Smollett. [ 1913 Webster] Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over the sea. -- Walpole. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve. [ 1913 Webster]
Stealing \ Steal" ing\, n. 1. The act of taking feloniously the personal property of another without his consent and knowledge; theft; larceny. [ 1913 Webster] 2. That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster] 99 Moby Thesaurus words for " stealing": abstraction, all fours, annexation, appropriation, blackmail, boodle, boosting, booty, burglary, conversion, conveyance, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, doggo, embezzlement, filching, fraud, furtive, graft, gumshoeing, haul, hidden out, hot goods, in ambush, in hiding, in the wings, larceny, liberation, lift, lifting, loot, lurking, nightwalking, on tiptoe, padding, peculation, perks, perquisite, pickings, pilferage, pilfering, pinch, pinching, piracy, pirating, plagiarism, plagiarizing, plunder, poaching, pork barrel, prize, prowling, public till, public trough, purloining, pussyfoot, pussyfooted, pussyfooting, robbery, robbing, scrabble, scramble, scrounging, shoplifting, sidling, skulking, slinking, snaking, snatching, sneak thievery, sneaking, snitching, spoil, spoils, spoils of office, squeeze, steal, stealage, stealings, stealthy, stolen goods, surreptitious, swag, swindle, swiping, take, theft, thievery, thieving, till, tippytoe, tiptoe, tiptoeing, touch, under cover, waiting concealed, worming |
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