swindler
- 英式英标[\'swɪndlɚ]
- 美式音标[\'swɪndlə]
n. 骗子
n. (Swindler)人名；(英)斯温德勒
中文词源
swindler 骗子，诈骗犯
来自德语 Schwindler,骗子，投机者。
英文词源
- swindler (n.)
- 1774, from German Schwindler "giddy person, extravagant speculator, cheat," from schwindeln "to be giddy, act extravagantly, swindle," from Old High German swintilon "be giddy," frequentative form of swintan "to languish, disappear;" cognate with Old English swindan, and probably with swima "dizziness." Said to have been introduced in London by German Jews c. 1762.
实用例句
- 1. The swindler tricked the old lady out of her necklace.
- 那个骗子把老妇人的项链骗走了.
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- 2. I've been had by that swindler.
- 我被那个骗子骗了.
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- 3. I mean that he is a swindler.
- 我的意思是说,他是个骗子.
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- 4. I swear he's a swindler.
- 我肯定他是个骗子.
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- 5. A swindler uses guile; a robber uses force.
- 骗子用诈术; 强盗用武力.
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