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sleight

🇬🇧 UK/slait/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

Dexterity and skill, especially in performing tricks; a clever or cunning trick.

技巧，灵巧；诡计，花招

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
sleightother
=sleight

Common Collocations

  • 1.sleight of hand手法灵巧；障眼法
  • 2.[sleight of mind]思维上的花招
  • 3.by sleight凭借技巧
  • 4.[political sleight]政治手腕

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The magician's sleight of hand left the audience completely baffled.

  • 2.

    Through a sleight of accounting, the company concealed its mounting debts.

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