| 词汇 | light-fingered |
| 释义 | light-fingered adjective informaluk /ˌlaɪtˈfɪŋ.ɡəd/ us /ˌlaɪtˈfɪŋ.ɡɚd/ If you describe someone as light-fingered, you mean that they have a habit of stealing things.有偷窃习惯的，喜欢顺手牵羊的 Stealing abscond abscond with someone/something aggravated burglary anti-burglar anti-burglary eavesdrop hot-wire housebreaking jemmy jimmy job plunder poach poaching porch piracy purloin rustle rustling snaffle snitch Examples of light-fingeredlight-fingered Some stores have one-way mirrors to spy for the light-fingered and sometimes to catch the careless; there are the peepholes through the doors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We spoke of loopholes and light-fingered accountants, of the ability of business to subdivide itself, to find continual excuses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 An infant school teacher, for example, may suspect that a child has been light-fingered and has removed property belonging to another child or a piece of school equipment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What he had in mind was that some of his patrons were noted for their light-fingered habits. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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