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词汇 palming
释义 palming
present participle ofpalm
palm
verb[ T ]
uk /pɑːm/ us /pɑːm/
to make something seem to disappear by hiding it in the palm of your hand as part of a trick, or to steal something by picking it up in a way that will not be noticed: (变戏法或偷窃时)把…藏在手心内
I suspected that he had palmed a playing card.我怀疑他把一张纸牌藏在了手心里。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hiding and disguising
be holed upidiom
booby trap
camo
camouflage
camouflaged
cloak
drown
hole up (somewhere)
illusion
illusionistically
illusively
illusorily
secrete
shroud
sidle
skulk
smokescreen
stash
stealthy
tuck

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Stealing

Phrasal verbs


palm something off
palm someone off with something

Examples of palming


palming

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


We are not shielded - not one of us: and we cannot shield ourselves simply by accusing others and palming the responsibility off on to others.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Here is a speculative firm, anxious to get anyone to take their wares, and to some extent palming them off on to this man.
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Is it a case of palming of "dud" machines on to these nations?
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Do they realise that it is no good palming us off time after time by saying that they are complementary?
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The £70 million package to get councils to sell off tenancies was a way not of tackling the backlog of housing disrepair but of palming it off on someone else.
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This palming technique is easily adaptable to coin magic for the use of a jumbo coin (usually 3 inches in diameter).
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Some players alternate between fingerstyle and plectrum playing, palming the plectrum when it is not in use.
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On some reels, palming is difficult or impossible because the spool is fully skirted.
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Many saltwater species, particularly large, fast and powerful fish, are not easily slowed down by palming the hand on the reel.
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Many of these involve quick palming of the billet, substitutions with pre-made billets, and other similar tricks.
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He asserted that the relaxation could be deepened in most cases by palming, or covering the closed eyes with the palms of the hands, without putting pressure on the eyeballs.
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