| 单词 | jewellery heist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjewellery heist C1. As a modifier, with the sense ‘of or relating to jewellery (esp. its production, sale, or theft)’, as in jewellery heist, jewellery shop, jewellery trade, etc. ΚΠ 1784 Strother's Jrnl. 8 Aug. (1912) II. He is going to London for improvement in the jewellery trade. 1835 Reading Mercury & Oxf. Gaz. 26 Oct. Extensive jewellery robbery at the Bath Hotel. 1897 B. P. Eldridge & W. B. Watts Our Rival ix. 243 Particular care should be taken by the travelling agents for jewelry firms to keep their diamonds secure. 1960 I. Wallach Absence of Cello 13 She stopped first at the jewelry counter where she sneered at some scatter pins. 1999 J. Raban Passage to Juneau iii. 109 As property prices sank toward the lower six figures, the artsy-crafties took over: jewelry designers, potters, painters, quilters, woodcarvers, weavers. 2018 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 11 Oct. 1 b A jewelry heist at the mall. < as lemmas |
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