steal /sti:l/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball…
• (v.) take without the owner's consent
• (v.) move stealthily

Chinese translation

• vt. 剽窃；偷偷地做；偷窃；vi. 窃取；偷偷地行动；[棒球]偷垒；n. [口]偷窃；便宜货；偷垒；[篮球]断球

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/sti:l/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 4.41 · Rare

Word forms

stolen, stole, stealing, steals

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