light-fingered

动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 lītʹfĭng'gərd

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of light-finger form-of,participle,past
形容词 adj.
  1. Having quick, light and nimble fingers.
  2. Having nimble fingers, especially for stealing or picking pockets (pickpocketing), given to thievery or shoplifting. figuratively
    — There is a great quantity of eating and drinking, making love and jilting, laughing and the contrary, smoking, cheating, fighting, dancing and fiddling; […] yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind.

词形变化

lighter-fingered comparative more light-fingered comparative lightest-fingered superlative most light-fingered superlative lightfingered alternative lightfingered alternative

词汇关系

近义词
furacious light-fingered sticky-fingered theftuous thievish
上位词
criminal evil immoral predatory
下位词
kleptomaniacal piratical
衍生词
light-fingeredness
相关词
furtive steal theft thief

词源

词源 1
From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective).
词源 2
From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective).
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