thimblerig如何读

英:['θɪmblrɪg]

美:['θɪmbəlˌrɪg]

thimblerig是什么意思

  • n.

    欺骗;隐豆戏法;

  • v.

    表演隐豆戏法;变戏法,欺骗;

  • thimblerig自然拼读

    thim·ble·rig

    thIm bl rIg

    thimblerig变形

    thimblerigs, thimblerigging, thimblerigged

    thimblerig英英释义

    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

    thimblerig词源英文解释

    The first known use of thimblerig was in 1826

    thimblerig 例句

    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

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