Front | smuggle |
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Pron | ['smʌɡl] |
Back | 【smuggle】 v.走私 They were accuse of smuggling diamonds from foreign countries. 他们因自国外走私宝石而被告发。 |
Vocab | smuggleimport or export without paying customs duties
If you import or export something without paying customs duties, you smuggle it. All kinds of things have been smuggled over the years: art, alcohol, drugs, animals, even tea! The verb smuggle has expanded to generally mean to bring something in or out in secret, especially if doing so breaks a rule or a law. Kids may smuggle candy into a movie theater so they don't have to pay the high prices at the concession stand. You may smuggle Christmas presents into the house so your kids don't see them. Illegal immigrants may be smuggled into the country for a fee, but if caught they can be deported. All forms of 'smuggle' will appear on average once every 562 pages. smuggle smuggled smuggler smuggling |
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