deft
adjective /deft/
/deft/
- (of a person’s movements
人的动作 熟练的；灵巧的；机敏的 - deft hands/fingers/footwork
灵活的手／手指／步法 - He finished off the painting with a few deft strokes of the brush.
他用画笔熟练地勾上几笔，这幅画就完成了。 - In one deft movement, he had her hand locked behind her back.
在一个灵巧的动作中，他把她的手锁在背后。
- deft hands/fingers/footwork
- clever and showing skill
灵巧： 机灵且显示技巧- her deft command of the language
她对这种语言的充分掌握
- her deft command of the language
词源Middle English: variant of daft, in the obsolete sense ‘meek’.