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stolen 音标拼音: [st'olən] vbl. steal的过去分词 steal的过去分词 Steal \ Steal\ ( st[= e] l), v. t. [ imp. { Stole} ( st[= o] l); p. p. { Stolen} ( st[= o]" l' n); p. pr. & vb. n. { Stealing}.] [ OE. stelen, AS. stelan; akin to OFries. stela, D. stelen, OHG. stelan, G. stehlen, Icel. stela, SW. stj[ aum] la, Dan. stiaele, Goth. stilan.] 1. To take, and carry away, feloniously; to take without right or leave, and with intent to keep wrongfully; as, to steal the personal goods of another. [ 1913 Webster] Maugre thy heed, thou must for indigence Or steal, or beg, or borrow, thy dispense. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets in alms. -- G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To withdraw or convey clandestinely ( reflexive); hence, to creep furtively, or to insinuate. [ 1913 Webster] They could insinuate and steal themselves under the same by their humble carriage and submission. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] He will steal himself into a man' s favor. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To gain by insinuating arts or covert means. [ 1913 Webster] So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 Sam. xv. 6. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To get into one' s power gradually and by imperceptible degrees; to take possession of by a gradual and imperceptible appropriation; -- with away. [ 1913 Webster] Variety of objects has a tendency to steal away the mind from its steady pursuit of any subject. -- I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To accomplish in a concealed or unobserved manner; to try to carry out secretly; as, to steal a look. [ 1913 Webster] Always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, . . . and do not think to steal it. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] { To steal a march}, to march in a covert way; to gain an advantage unobserved; -- formerly followed by of, but now by on or upon, and sometimes by over; as, to steal a march upon one' s political rivals. [ 1913 Webster] She yesterday wanted to steal a march of poor Liddy. -- Smollett. [ 1913 Webster] Fifty thousand men can not easily steal a march over the sea. -- Walpole. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To filch; pilfer; purloin; thieve. [ 1913 Webster]
Stolen \ Stol" en\, p. p. of { Steal}. [ 1913 Webster]
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