steal
verb
noun
stiːl verb
1
TAKE STH
拿走某物
to take something that belongs to someone else 偷，窃取 I,T
Boys broke into a shop and stole £45 in cash.
男孩们闯进一家商店，盗走了 45 英镑现金。
[+ from ]
He stole money from his parents.
他偷了父母的钱。
steal sth from sb
He’d stolen the flowers from our garden.
他偷了我们花园里的花
2
USE IDEAS
使用观点
to use someone else’s ideas without getting permission or without admitting that they are not your own ideas 剽窃，窃取（观点）; I,T
Inventors know that someone is always going to try to steal their designs.
发明者知道有人一直设法要剽窃他们的设计。
steal sth from sb
A well-known scientist was accused of stealing his former student’s ideas.
一位著名的科学家被指责剽窃了他以前学生的观点。
3
MOVE SOMEWHERE
向某处移动
to move quietly without anyone noticing you 悄悄地移动; I always + adv/prep
[+ into/across etc ]
He dressed quietly and stole out of the house.
他悄悄地穿好衣服，溜出了屋子。
4
steal the show/limelight/scene
to do something, especially when you are acting in a play, that makes people pay more attention to you than to other people 〔尤指演戏时〕抢出风头，抢戏
Elwood stole the show with a marvellous performance.
埃尔伍德的表演极为出色，抢足了风头。
5
steal a look/glance etc
to look at someone or something quickly and secretly 偷偷地看一眼/瞥一眼等
6
SPORT
体育运动
a. to run to the next BASE before someone hits the ball in the sport of baseball b. to suddenly take control of the ball, PUCK etc, when the other team had previously had control of it, for example in BASKETBALL or ICE HOCKEY 〔在篮球或冰球比赛中〕断〔球〕，截〔球〕 I,T T
Roy steals the ball four times in the first half.
罗伊在上半场断球四次。
7
steal a kiss
to kiss someone quickly when they are not expecting it 偷吻
8
steal a march on sb
to gain an advantage over someone by doing something that they had planned to do before them 抢先某人一步，抢占先机
He was afraid another scholar was going to steal a march on him and publish first.
他担心另一位学者会抢在他前面发表。
9
steal sb’s thunder
to get the success and praise someone else should have got, by doing what they had intended to do 抢在某人前面做某事而获得成功和赞赏，抢某人的功劳
10
steal sb’s heart
10. to make someone fall in love with you [文] 使某人爱上自己，获得某人的欢心 literary
noun
11
be a steal
to be very cheap 非常便宜 informal
an excellent seafood dish that is a steal at $8.25
一道 8.25 美元的极便宜的美味海鲜
12 the act of suddenly taking control of the ball when the other team had previously had control of it, especially in BASKETBALL 〔尤指篮球比赛中的〕断球
Johnson had ten points and a steal in the first half.
上半场约翰逊得十分，一次断球成功。
13 the act of running to the next BASE before someone hits the ball in the sport of baseball 〔棒球比赛中的〕偷垒