| 单词 | smuggle |
| 释义 | smuggle (once / 563 pages) v If you import or export something without paying customs duties, you smuggle it. All kinds of things have been smuggled over the years: art, alcohol, drugs, animals, even tea! The verb smuggle has expanded to generally mean to bring something in or out in secret, especially if doing so breaks a rule or a law. Kids may smuggle candy into a movie theater so they don't have to pay the high prices at the concession stand. You may smuggle Christmas presents into the house so your kids don't see them. Illegal immigrants may be smuggled into the country for a fee, but if caught they can be deported. WORD FAMILYsmuggle: smuggled, smuggler, smuggles, smuggling+/smuggler: smugglers/smuggling: smugglings USAGE EXAMPLESIllegal ivory ends up on the legal market after being smuggled into the country, chiefly by criminal syndicates. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) He says it also will be available at the detention center because inmates sometimes smuggle drugs into the facility. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) For example, the night market in Carabobo state where Campos bought his corn flour was eventually shut down and 57 tons of smuggled food seized. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) v import or export without paying customs duties She smuggled cigarettes across the border Hyper import bring in from abroad exportsell or transfer abroad |
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