sleight of hand

Word family nounsleight of handsleight

Related topics: Performing

sleight of hand /ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/ noun [uncountableU]

1. APthe use of quick and skilful movements with your hands when doing a magic trick, so that people cannot understand how you did the trick 〔变戏法时的〕敏捷[巧妙]手法

2. TRICK/DECEIVEthe use of skilful tricks and lies in order to deceive someone 〔为欺骗某人而耍的〕手腕，花招

Examples from the Corpus

sleight of hand• All the empirical evidence in favour of accuracy order can now be shifted by sleight of hand in support of the notion of natural acquisition.• For us this ad is emotional sleight of hand, not proof of progress.• Miller's financial sleight of hand resulted in the loss of $2 million in tax revenue.• It would not be easy to effect the transition that Labour suggests by Government sleight of hand.• I planned to switch them when we got here - just sleight of hand, you know.• Create impressive graphic designs on your walls; all it takes is courage and a little sleight of hand.• The nagging suspicion of sleight of hand merely adds to her mystique.• The word sleight for most of us probably never occurs outside sleight of hand.• They were continual concrete evidence of the sleight of hand which had conjured me from one world to another.

Origin sleight of hand

(1400-1500) sleight “skill, trick” ((13-20 centuries)) from Old Norse slgth, from slgr; → SLY

单词	sleight of hand
释义	sleight of hand Word family nounsleight of handsleight Related topics: Performing sleight of hand /ˌslaɪt əv ˈhænd/ noun [uncountableU] 1. APthe use of quick and skilful movements with your hands when doing a magic trick, so that people cannot understand how you did the trick 〔变戏法时的〕敏捷[巧妙]手法 2. TRICK/DECEIVEthe use of skilful tricks and lies in order to deceive someone 〔为欺骗某人而耍的〕手腕，花招 Examples from the Corpus sleight of hand• All the empirical evidence in favour of accuracy order can now be shifted by sleight of hand in support of the notion of natural acquisition.• For us this ad is emotional sleight of hand, not proof of progress.• Miller's financial sleight of hand resulted in the loss of $2 million in tax revenue.• It would not be easy to effect the transition that Labour suggests by Government sleight of hand.• I planned to switch them when we got here - just sleight of hand, you know.• Create impressive graphic designs on your walls; all it takes is courage and a little sleight of hand.• The nagging suspicion of sleight of hand merely adds to her mystique.• The word sleight for most of us probably never occurs outside sleight of hand.• They were continual concrete evidence of the sleight of hand which had conjured me from one world to another. Origin sleight of hand (1400-1500) sleight “skill, trick” ((13-20 centuries)) from Old Norse slgth, from slgr; → SLY
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