pickpocket

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand.
    — Old men, young men, and boys, stalwart burglars and highway robbers, slept side by side with wizened pickpockets or cunning-featured area-sneaks.
动词 v.
  1. To pick pockets; to steal. transitive
    — Vodafone has also dropped its claim against one of Rhys Edwards’s travelling companions – who had been at the same reunion and had his phone pickpocketed two hours later in almost identical circumstances to Rhys Edwards.

词形变化

pickpockets plural pick-pocket alternative pickpockets present,singular,third-person pickpocketing participle,present pickpocketed participle,past pickpocketed past pick-pocket alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English pick
Proto-Germanic *puhô
Frankish *pokōbor.
Anglo-Norman poche
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Latin -ittus
Anglo-Norman -ete
Anglo-Norman poketbor.
Middle English pocket
English pocket
English pickpocket
From pick + pocket.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English pick
Proto-Germanic *puhô
Frankish *pokōbor.
Anglo-Norman poche
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Latin -ittus
Anglo-Norman -ete
Anglo-Norman poketbor.
Middle English pocket
English pocket
English pickpocket
From pick + pocket.
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