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stole

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stole1 /stəʊl $ stoʊl/ verb  x-refthe past tense of steal1 steal 的过去式
Related topics: Clothes
stole2 noun [countable]  DCCa long straight piece of cloth or fur that a woman wears across her shoulders 女用披肩
Examples from the Corpus
stoleShe is wearing a black dress and pearls, and a stole is strewn on the front seat.He came wearing his purple confessor's stole and carrying the little box of sacred oils for the anointing of the dying.I put them in a box with the stole, wrapped the box and put the box under our tree.
Origin stole2 (900-1000) Latin stola long loose piece of clothing, from Greek stole
steal1 the past Corpus of tense


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stole
I
stole1 /stəʊl $ stoʊl/
the past tense of steal1

II
stole2 noun [countable]
 Date: 900-1000
 Language: Latin
 Origin: stola 'long loose piece of clothing', from Greek stole
a long straight piece of cloth or fur that a woman wears across her shoulders


stoleBrE /stəʊl/ 🔊NAmE /stoʊl/ 🔊 nouna piece of clothing consisting of a wide band of cloth or fur, worn by a woman around the shoulders; a similar piece of clothing worn by a priest 女用披肩;(司祭佩戴的)圣带   see also steal verb