swindle英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An instance of swindling.

— There were men there who had committed merciless robberies, cruel murders, heartless swindles, abominable depravities.
Anything that is deceptively not what it appears to be.
An instance wherein a player in a losing position plays a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

动词 v.

To defraud. transitive

— The two men swindled the company out of $160,000.
To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods. ambitransitive

— She swindled more than £200 out of me.
For a player in a losing position to play a clever move that provokes an error from the opponent, thus achieving a win or a draw.

词形变化

swindles present,singular,third-person swindling participle,present swindled participle,past swindled past swindles plural

词汇关系

近义词

scheme swizz

衍生词

outswindle swindleable swindledom swindler swindlery swindlingly swindle sheet

词源

词源 1

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).
See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).

词源 2

Back-formation from swindler, from German Schwindler, from German schwindeln, from Middle High German swindeln, swindelen, from Old High German swintilōn, frequentative of the verb swintan, from Proto-West Germanic *swindan (“to diminish”).
See also Modern German schwindeln, Danish svindel and svindle, Dutch zwindelen and zwendelen, Yiddish שווינדל (shvindl), Low German swinneln, Middle English swinden (“to languish, waste away”).