vandal
['v?ndl]
- n. 文化藝術(shù)的破壞者；蓄意破壞者
- adj. 破壞文化藝術(shù)的
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?vandals;
中文詞源
vandal 破壞公物者
來自拉丁語Vandalus,日耳曼部落名，于公元455年將羅馬洗劫一空，因而引申該詞義。
英文詞源
- vandal
- vandal: [17] The term vandal commemorates a Germanic tribe, the Vandals, who sacked Rome in 455 AD, and thereby earned themselves a reputation as destroyers of civilization. Their name for themselves was *Wandal-, which etymologically means ‘wanderer’.
- vandal (n.)
- 1660s, "willful destroyer of what is beautiful or venerable," from Vandals, name of the Germanic tribe that sacked Rome in 455 under Genseric, from Latin Vandalus (plural Vandali), from the tribe's name for itself (Old English Wendlas), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *wandljaz "wanderer." The literal historical sense in English is recorded from 1550s.
There does not seem to be in the story of the capture of Rome by the Vandals any justification for the charge of willful and objectless destruction of public buildings which is implied in the word 'vandalism.' It is probable that this charge grew out of the fierce persecution which was carried on by [the Vandal king] Gaiseric and his son against the Catholic Christians, and which is the darkest stain on their characters. ["Encyclopaedia Britannica," 13th ed., 1926]
雙語例句
- 1. A vandal with a chainsaw cut down a tree.
- 一個(gè)故意破壞公物的人用鏈鋸伐倒了一棵樹。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Bruce was no unthinking vandal.
- 布魯斯決非蓄意搞破壞的莽漢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The couple set up a 24-hour security camera to trap the vandal scratching their car.
- 夫婦倆裝了個(gè)24小時(shí)監(jiān)控?cái)z像頭，想要抓住故意劃壞他們車子的家伙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The most efficient in poor light conditions. An extremely sturdy, vandal - proof PV.
- 是在光照差的條件下最有效的PV,耐用 、 結(jié)實(shí).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Vandal have pull the telephone out of the call boxes.
- 破壞公共財(cái)產(chǎn)者將電話機(jī)扯到電話亭外.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)