单词 | bilk |
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音标 | [bilk] |
解释 | v.躲债;骗取 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 躲某人的债(avoid paying money);骗取( cheat sb out of sth) 【例】 He bilked us of all our money . |
字源 | bilk (v.) 1650s, from or along with the noun (1630s), first used as a cribbage term; as a verb, "to spoil (someone's) score." Origin obscure, it was believed in 17c. to be "a word signifying nothing;" perhaps it s a thinned form of balk "to hinder." Meaning "to defraud" is first recorded 1670s. Related: Bilked; bilking. |
不择手段背单词 | vt. 逃避付钱给..., 赖帐; 欺骗(尤指钱财) 【例】Fate bilked my hopes 命运使我的希望落空. bilk sb out of his money 骗取某人的钱 【记】bil = bill(钞票), k读: 克星. 钞票克星-诈骗钱财的人 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】bill + 音:扣,亏,扣住帐单,或亏帐都是骗钱 |
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