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单词 thief-like
释义 thief-like, a. and adv.|ˈθiːflaɪk|
[f. thief + like a. and adv.]
a. adj. Like or resembling a thief.
b. adv. In the manner of a thief.
1621Fletcher Pilgrim ii. ii, But since thou stealst upon me like a spie, And thief-like thinkst that holy case shall carry thee Through all my purposes.1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) IV. 25 Each of them, thief-like, wished to steal an unobserved gaze at the other.1847Emerson Poems (1857) 143 And thief-like step of liberal hours Thawing snow-drift into flowers.
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