英:[ˈpɪkpɒkɪt]
美:[ˈpɪkpɑkɪt]
英:[ˈpɪkpɒkɪt]
美:[ˈpɪkpɑkɪt]
pick·pock·et
pIk pa kiht
复数:pickpockets
第三人称单数:pickpockets
现在分词:pickpocketing
过去式:pickpocketed
过去分词:pickpocketed
同时也有 pick-pocket,指“从他人口袋里偷窃的人”,起源于1590年代,来自于 pick(动词)和 pocket(名词)。更早的说法是 pick-purse(14世纪后期)。作为动词的用法始于1670年代。
The first known use of pickpocket was in 1591
pickyadjective
fussy sense 2b, finicky
pickup1 of 2noun
an increase in activity
a pickup in business
acceleration sense 1
one (as a hitchhiker or chance acquaintance) that is picked up
the changing of mechanical movements into electrical energy in the reproduction of sound
a device (as on a phonograph) for making such a change
the receiving of sound or an image into a radio or television transmitting device
a device (as a microphone or a television camera) for converting sound or an image into electrical signals
a light truck with an open body and low sides called alsopickup truck
pick up2 of 2verb
to take hold of and lift
picked the book up
to gather together : collect
picked up every piece
to clean up : tidy
pick up your room
to take (passengers or freight) into a vehicle
to acquire without great effort or by chance picked up a nasty cold
pick up a habit
to gain by study or experience
picked up a new language while traveling
to obtain especially by buying or as a bargain
picked up the shirts on sale
to form a brief or chance acquaintance with a stranger
to take into custody
was picked up by the police
to find and follow
picked up the outlaw's trail
to bring within range of sight or hearing
a radio that picks up foreign broadcasts
to gather or regain speed or strength
pickpocketnoun
a thief who steals from pockets and purses
1 It was like a punch to the gut, knowing that a girl born there could end up a common pickpocket in the slums of the Levee.
2 Organized teams of pickpockets became so aggressive at the Louvre last April that its 200 security guards went on strike for a day, forcing the museum to close.
3 I was told to beware pickpockets.
人们告诉我要谨防扒手.
4 The first time we caught a pickpocket was in Venice about 30 years ago.
5 Harris Dickinson stars as Frankie, who ambles around the beaches of Coney Island, hanging out with potheads and pickpockets, looking for a hookup and a greater purpose.
6 But, seeing an inkling of her potential, and perhaps also falling for her, he schools her in his criminal ways and recruits her for his slick, well-organized, quasi-corporate team of pickpockets, thieves, and scammers.
7 At times the marshy McLeod property was so unprofitable to farm that it was deemed a waste of investment and nicknamed “pickpocket place.”
8 The pickpocket was caught commission of a crime.
这扒手是在一次作案时被当场“捉住”的.
9 He was an eminent pickpocket.
他从前是个有名的扒手。
10 To travel is to be exposed to the incomprehensible whims of baggage handlers, car-rental companies, the weather, Yosemite pack mules, pickpockets, noroviruses.
11 The pickpocket is less a product of the new China than an antisocial element who fails to modernize.
12 When Britt discovers that the guy in the tux store that Hank just had him pickpocket is actually Hank's ex-wife's fiancé, Britt starts spinning a tall tale about how big the guy's family treasures are.
13 Be watchful for pickpockets.
小心扒手.
14 What about the current spate of tabloid reports on the rise of pickpockets and drug users and miscellaneous criminals in Times Square, stories implying that the bad old days are here again?
15 The pickpocket planted the purse on a passerby.
扒手把那个皮包放置到过路人的衣袋里.
16 Based on the fact – or fiction – that there were pickpockets in crowds, police in that period took a consistently heavy-handed approach to any large group of black people.
17 After trying out, Kevin was cast as Fagin, the adult leader of a gang of child pickpockets, while Sienna-Marie played the Artful Dodger.
18 I've been mistaken for a parent, a pickpocket, and even, God forbid, an SUV owner, and I've always been able to brush it off.
19 He just hopes they don’t take his latest novel, about a band of child pickpockets, too literally.
20 After freeing Cass, a young pickpocket with a bounty on her head, Harley finds herself at a crossroads.