Word · Frequency #1891
steal
偷窃；盗窃
the act of stealing
- 1.
The act of stealing.
偷窃行为
- 2.
A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
防守球员主动从对方球队手中夺取球或冰球的情况
- 3.
A stolen base.
盗垒
- 4.
Scoring in an end without the hammer.
在没有最后一投权的情况下得分
- 5.
A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
数据库系统中的一种策略,允许事务在提交前写入非易失性存储
抢断；盗垒；偷分；偷写策略；偷窃行为
In use
The police are investigating the steal of a valuable painting from the museum.
The store owner saw the steal and immediately called the police.
The security guard prevented a steal at the front entrance.
Connections
Collocations
- make a steal
- 完成一次抢断
- The guard made a steal with ten seconds left.比赛还剩十秒时，这名后卫完成了一次抢断。
- a steal of home
- 偷本垒
- He attempted a steal of home in the ninth inning.他在第九局尝试偷本垒。
- a steal of one
- 偷得一分
- They took the lead with a steal of one in the eighth end.他们在第八局偷得一分，取得领先。
- steal policy
- 偷页策略
- Under the steal policy, a transaction may write to disk before it commits.在偷页策略下，事务可以在提交前写入磁盘。
Idioms & figurative uses
- steal someone's thunder
- 抢某人的风头；抢功I wanted to announce my engagement, but my sister stole my thunder by telling everyone she was pregnant.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象小偷的手悄悄伸向别人口袋，把东西‘顺’走——名词steal就指这种行为，棒球里‘盗垒’也是悄悄抢走一个垒包。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：一般叙述（偷窃行为）、体育赛事解说、棒球/垒球比赛、冰壶比赛、数据库技术文档 作名词时，steal 的语体随义项变化：表示“偷窃行为”时通常属于中性常用词；体育解说中的“抢断/盗垒”和数据库系统中的“预写策略”多用于专业或正式场合。实际使用时需根据场景判断。
Grammar Note
steal作为名词常用于体育（偷垒）或口语（便宜货）
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 steal /sti:l/ 押韵（/i:l/）的词：deal, feel, heel, meal。注意形近词 stale /steɪl/ 和 still /stɪl/ 元音不同，别按拼读混同；steel 与 steal 同音。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，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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