| 单词 |
nimble-fingered |
| 释义 |
nimble-fingered, a. Quick and dexterous with the fingers; light-fingered.
1621Quarles Argalus & P. (1678) 35 The nimble-fingered Lass Took the forg'd Letter. 1690Dryden Amphitryon i. i, O, my nimble-fingered God of Theft, what make you here on Earth..? 1727Gay Begg. Op. i. i, He..is as nimble-fingered as a juggler. 1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 593 It should seem..that there are nimble-fingered ladies in all parts of the world. 1810Bentham Offic. Apt. Maximized, Extr. Const. Code (1830) 65 note, Too simple to present any demand for instruction in the nimble-fingered art. |

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