单词 | light-fingered |
释义 | light-fingered (once / 43776 pages) adj WORD FAMILY light-fingered USAGE EXAMPLESHe tosses the myths into orbit with the light-fingered panache of a reincarnated Frank O’Hara. Los Angeles Times(Jul 08, 2016) Her dense but light-fingered language holds a dozen wiggling and contradictory ideas in suspension. Slate(Apr 08, 2016) It opened with a set featuring light-fingered, countryish songs citing particular locales — Tennessee, Texas, Utah — and its encore was the gleeful, sardonic “U.S. Blues.” New York Times(Jul 06, 2015) adj having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets "a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen "the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time Syn nimble-fingered adroit quick or skillful or adept in action or thought |
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