sleight of hand

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The required manual dexterity used to perform magic tricks and illusions. countable,uncountable
    — A large portion of natural magic and sleight of hand is only the severance of sights and feels that we are accustomed to experience in unison.
  2. A performance of such a skill. countable,uncountable
  3. Any form of clever or skillful trickery or deception. broadly,countable,figuratively,uncountable
    — "Gave his consent! For his son to marry an actress?" "Ah, there was a little sleight of hand there. He only knew Miss Roscastle as Miss Eileen O'Rourke, the last representative of a line of Irish kings. […]"

词形变化

sleights of hand plural sleight-of-hand alternative slight of hand alternative

词源

From Middle English slegthe of hande, sleght of hond, equivalent to sleight + of + hand. Compare Old French léger de main (cf. the contemporary French léger de main and the contemporary English legerdemain).
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