单词 | nobble |
释义 | nobble (once / 27423 pages) v WORD FAMILY nobble: nobbled, nobbles, nobbling USAGE EXAMPLESIn other words, Mr Corbyn’s operation has decided it needs to ditch the flowery stuff and nobble its enemies. Economist(Apr 14, 2016) He then admitted he had never voted and encouraged others not to, in order to nobble the establishment. The Guardian(Oct 11, 2014) An earlier trial had been marred by a suspected attempt to nobble the jury and was eventually abandoned when Williams attempted to commit suicide. The Guardian(Mar 14, 2013) 1v disable by drugging nobble the race horses Hyper disable, disenable, incapacitate make unable to perform a certain action 2v deprive of by deceit Syn|Hypo|Hyper bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimize short, short-change cheat someone by not returning him enough money cheat, chisel, rip off deprive somebody of something by deceit 3v make off with belongings of others Syn|Hyper abstract, cabbage, filch, hook, lift, pilfer, pinch, purloin, snarf, sneak, swipe steal take without the owner's consent 4v take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom Syn|Hypo|Hyper abduct, kidnap, snatch impress, shanghai take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship seize take or capture by force |
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