英语词汇“sleight”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

The noun sleight refers to being able to use your hands with ease, especially when doing a trick. Sleight is often used in the phrase "sleight of hand." If you are a good magician, you can make a coin disappear with sleight of hand.

The noun sleight refers to cunning or cleverness, especially when used to trick or deceitfully. You can use a sleight of mind to trick yourself into believing that if you eat a box of cookies at dinnertime it counts as dinner. The word sleight with its meaning as being sneaky has a long history and comes from the Middle English word, sleghth, which also meant cunning. Back then people would have pronounced the "gh" even though today we don't.

WORD FAMILY

sleight: sleights

USAGE EXAMPLES

That’s the sleight of hand Bohjalian deals his readers in “The Sleepwalker.”

Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016)

It was also a bit of sleight of hand.

Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016)

With this sleight of hand, even Revolution Day is now actually a celebration of the war effort.

The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016)

n adroitness in using the hands

Syn|Hyper

dexterity, manual dexterity

adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness

skillful performance or ability without difficulty

单词	sleight
释义	sleight (once / 7596 pages) n The noun sleight refers to being able to use your hands with ease, especially when doing a trick. Sleight is often used in the phrase "sleight of hand." If you are a good magician, you can make a coin disappear with sleight of hand. The noun sleight refers to cunning or cleverness, especially when used to trick or deceitfully. You can use a sleight of mind to trick yourself into believing that if you eat a box of cookies at dinnertime it counts as dinner. The word sleight with its meaning as being sneaky has a long history and comes from the Middle English word, sleghth, which also meant cunning. Back then people would have pronounced the "gh" even though today we don't. WORD FAMILY sleight: sleights USAGE EXAMPLES That’s the sleight of hand Bohjalian deals his readers in “The Sleepwalker.” Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) It was also a bit of sleight of hand. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) With this sleight of hand, even Revolution Day is now actually a celebration of the war effort. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) n adroitness in using the hands Syn\|Hyper dexterity, manual dexterity adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness skillful performance or ability without difficulty
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