grifter
英 ['ɡrɪftə]
美['ɡrɪftɚ]
- n. 骗子；小偷
中文词源
grifter 骗子
来自graft, 受贿。引申义骗子。
英文词源
- grifter (n.)
- "confidence trickster," 1906, carnival and circus slang, probably an alteration of grafter (see graft (n.2); also compare grift). Gradually extended to "any non-violent criminal."
双语例句
- 1. Spenser was a sleazy grifter who said he had a lot of money.
- 斯宾塞是个庸俗的骗子,他说他有很多钱.
来自电影对白
- 2. Be careful not to be cheated by the grifter?
- 小心别上骗子的当!
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- 3. Before becoming a grifter, Albert used to be a shoe salesman in the American Mid - West.
- 从事欺诈之前,阿尔伯特曾在美国中西部做卖鞋的生意.
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