purloin
v.偷窃,盗取
难易程度:
purloin为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:purloiner 动词过去式:purloined 过去分词:purloined 现在分词:purloining 第三人称单数:purloins
近义词, 同义词
purloin
/pɜ:'lɔɪn, 'pɜ:lɔɪn; pɝ`lɔɪn, `pɝ,lɔɪn/
v [Tn] (fml or joc 文或谑) steal (sth) 偷窃(某物)
*food purloined from her employer's kitchen 从雇主的厨房里偷来的食物.
purloin
v [T]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French;Origin: purloigner 'to put away, make useless', from Old French porloigner 'to put off, delay', from loing 'at a distance']
formal to obtain something without permission - often used humorously
He must have purloined a key from somewhere.