| 单词 | shell game |
| 释义 | shell game (once / 71201 pages) n WORD FAMILY shell game: shell games USAGE EXAMPLESIf this sounds like a shell game, that’s because it is. The New Yorker(Dec 25, 2016) The SEC's 2013 lawsuit alleged the city's "shell game" helped it win favorable ratings for its bonds and exposed bondholders to substantial risk of losses. Reuters(Dec 06, 2016) “The location shell game they used before has collapsed.” New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) n a swindling sleight-of-hand game; victim guesses which of three things a pellet is under Syn|Hyper thimblerig cheat, rig, swindle the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme |
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