heist

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crimeheistheist /haɪst/ noun [countable] American English informalSCC an act of stealing something very valuable from a shop, bank etc SYN robbery a jewelry heist —heist verb [transitive]Examples from the Corpusheist• There wasn't a heist man or second-storey expert in the neighbourhood who wasn't first-names with Connors.• Police have no suspects and few clues in the art heist.• The opening scenes of this fractious heist movie see him at his most acute.• His heists invariably end in shootouts, explosions and car chases.• Ryan Tate said the heist represents the seventh time the free paper has been stolen from news racks since November 1996.• The heist itself is an old-fashioned staple: safety deposit boxes.Origin heist (1800-1900) hoist

单词	heist
释义	heist From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crimeheistheist /haɪst/ noun [countable] American English informalSCC an act of stealing something very valuable from a shop, bank etc SYN robbery a jewelry heist —heist verb [transitive]Examples from the Corpusheist• There wasn't a heist man or second-storey expert in the neighbourhood who wasn't first-names with Connors.• Police have no suspects and few clues in the art heist.• The opening scenes of this fractious heist movie see him at his most acute.• His heists invariably end in shootouts, explosions and car chases.• Ryan Tate said the heist represents the seventh time the free paper has been stolen from news racks since November 1996.• The heist itself is an old-fashioned staple: safety deposit boxes.Origin heist (1800-1900) hoist
随便看	i/c I/he etc will never hear the end of it I/I’ll tell you what I/O I/O I/we don’t have all day I/we live in hope I/we shall I/we was robbed! I/we won’t eat you I/we would advise somebody to do something I/you can count somebody/something on (the fingers of) one hand I/you can’t/couldn’t ask for a better something I/you can’t/couldn’t ask for more I/you might as well be hanged for a sheep as (for) a lamb cheap at the at any price cheap at the price any price cheap at the price/at any price cheap at twice the price cheap money cheap thrill cheap to maintain etc cheap to run etc cheap to run/use/maintain etc cheap to use etc