| 单词 | sleight |
| 释义 | sleight (once / 7596 pages) n The noun sleight refers to being able to use your hands with ease, especially when doing a trick. Sleight is often used in the phrase "sleight of hand." If you are a good magician, you can make a coin disappear with sleight of hand. The noun sleight refers to cunning or cleverness, especially when used to trick or deceitfully. You can use a sleight of mind to trick yourself into believing that if you eat a box of cookies at dinnertime it counts as dinner. The word sleight with its meaning as being sneaky has a long history and comes from the Middle English word, sleghth, which also meant cunning. Back then people would have pronounced the "gh" even though today we don't. WORD FAMILYsleight: sleights USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s the sleight of hand Bohjalian deals his readers in “The Sleepwalker.” Washington Post(Dec 25, 2016) It was also a bit of sleight of hand. Washington Post(Dec 15, 2016) With this sleight of hand, even Revolution Day is now actually a celebration of the war effort. The Guardian(Dec 17, 2016) n adroitness in using the hands Syn|Hyper dexterity, manual dexterity adeptness, adroitness, deftness, facility, quickness skillful performance or ability without difficulty |
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