burglar
英 ['bɜːglə]
美['bɝɡlɚ]
- n. 夜贼，窃贼
词态变化
复数: burglars;
助记提示
1. burg- "fortress, castle" (德国北部城市汉堡: Hamburg) + -lar (influence from Latin latro "thief" (see larceny)). 进入城堡盗窃。
2. => break open, commit burglary.
2. => break open, commit burglary.
中文词源
burglar 破门盗贼
burg, 城堡。字母l, 缩写自larceny, 偷窃。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.
- 现在让我把入室窃贼送交警方，我可能会有所顾虑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
- 这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The burglar alarm is activated by movement.
- 这防盗警报器一动就会响。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. The burglar got in through the window.
- 盗贼是从窗户进来的。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.
- 盗贼将手电筒照进黑暗的房间.
来自《简明英汉词典》
