英:['θɪmblrɪg]
美:['θɪmbəlˌrɪg]
英:['θɪmblrɪg]
美:['θɪmbəlˌrɪg]
欺骗;隐豆戏法;
表演隐豆戏法;变戏法,欺骗;
thim·ble·rig
thIm bl rIg
thimblerigs, thimblerigging, thimblerigged
noun
a swindling trick in which a small ball or pea is quickly shifted from under one to another of three small cups to fool the spectator guessing its location
one who manipulates the cup in thimblerig : thimblerigger
verb
transitive verb
to cheat by trickery
to swindle by thimblerig
The first known use of thimblerig was in 1826
1 How terribly alike are all human rogueries, whether the scene be a conference at Vienna, or the tent of a thimblerig at Ascot!
2 A Tory told me it was a second edition of the thimblerig speech, which, if so, will not do him good.
3 "Well, well! and did they ever come the thimblerig on you?"
4 had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady
1 欺骗
double-tongued funny prestigious cheating delusive gyp tricksy trickish flamdoodle suck-in have do sell kid pass trick false fraud cheat rig lurk bluff juggle delusion hoax deceit trickery wile swindle charlatan gaff stealing subterfuge circumvention indirection gammon hocus imposture hokum skullduggery skulduggery hocus-pocus trickiness flimflam roguery cozen flivver shenanigan jiggery-pokery jugglery humbuggery dupery swizz swiz chouse inveracity yentz string impose fox deceive gag two-time spoof duff illude double-clock horn-swoggle take job short green beat lie burn abuse smoke hook bite spin trim palm fool rim stall gum bitch hustle hum fiddle jockey cog dope skunk doodle dupe fob gull defraud victimize lurch delude jive bamboozle flam euchre double-cross razzle-dazzle cully gold-brick befool take-in leg-pull skin game double cross monkey business
2 变戏法
3 骗子
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