Word · Frequency #8667
cabbage
偷，窃取；顺手牵羊
to steal something, especially something small or not very valuable
- 1.
make off with belongings of others
偷走他人财物
偷走他人财物
In use
He cabbaged a few coins from the till when no one was looking.
She cabbages office supplies from the storeroom regularly.
They have cabbaged several books from the library over the years.
Verb forms
base cabbage · third person cabbages · -ing cabbaging · past cabbaged · past participle cabbaged
俚语，意为偷窃或剽窃。
Common mistakes
He cabbages it yesterday.He cabbaged it yesterday.
英语动词过去时需用过去式，cabbage的过去式是cabbaged，不能与yesterday连用现在时。
He cabbaged from the store.He cabbaged money from the store.
动词cabbage是及物动词，需要直接宾语，不能单独接介词短语。
Connections
Collocations
- cabbage someone's wallet
- 偷走某人的钱包
- Someone cabbaged my wallet on the crowded bus.有人在拥挤的公交车上偷了我的钱包。
- cabbage money from the till
- 从收银机里偷钱
- The cashier was caught cabbaging money from the till.这名收银员偷拿收银机里的钱时被抓住了。
- cabbage someone's belongings
- 偷走某人的财物
- The thief cabbaged her belongings while she was in the bathroom.小偷趁她上洗手间时偷走了她的财物。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：小偷从菜市场顺手牵羊偷走一棵卷心菜（cabbage），于是 cabbage 就有了‘偷走财物’的意思。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：非正式对话、熟人闲聊 作动词表示“偷窃、顺手牵羊”时通常属于非正式用法，多用于日常口语，比较常见于随意的场合；正式写作中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常见单词与 cabbage /ˈkæbədʒ/ 完全押韵。cab、cabin、cabbie 只共享开头的 /kæb/，词尾不同；garbage、village、package 的 -age 读 /ɪdʒ/，但重读音节和辅音与 cabbage 不同，尤其 garbage 的元音是 /ɑːr/，不要被拼写误导。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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