burglar
英['b??gl?]
美['b?ɡl?]
- n. 夜賊，竊賊
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?burglars;
助記提示
1. burg- "fortress, castle" (德國北部城市漢堡: Hamburg) + -lar (influence from Latin latro "thief" (see larceny)). 進(jìn)入城堡盜竊。
2. => break open, commit burglary.
中文詞源
burglar 破門盜賊
burg, 城堡。字母l, 縮寫自larceny, 偷竊。
英文詞源
- burglar
- burglar: [15] The first trace we have of burglar is as burgulator in 13th-century Anglo-Latin texts, and it appears in Anglo-Norman legal documents of the 15th century as burgler. These point to an unrecorded medieval Latin base *burg- ‘plunder’, which appears in Old French burgur ‘robber’. The verb burgle is a 19thcentury back-formation from burglar.
- burglar (n.)
- 1540s, shortened from Anglo-Latin burglator (late 13c.), earlier burgator, from Medieval Latin burgator "burglar," from burgare "to break open, commit burglary," from Latin burgus "fortress, castle," a Germanic loan-word akin to borough. The intrusive -l- is perhaps from influence of Latin latro "thief" (see larceny). The native word, Old English burgh-breche, might have influenced the word.
雙語例句
- 1. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.
- 現(xiàn)在讓我把入室竊賊送交警方，我可能會有所顧慮。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
- 這個夜賊覺得老人容易下手。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The burglar alarm is activated by movement.
- 這防盜警報器一動就會響。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. The burglar got in through the window.
- 盜賊是從窗戶進(jìn)來的。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.
- 盜賊將手電筒照進(jìn)黑暗的房間.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》