动词
词源
源自法語 marauder,派生自maraud (“无赖,流浪者”),源自中古法語 maraud (“无赖”),源自古法語 *marault (“乞丐,流浪者”),源自marir、marrir (“烦扰,迷失,迷路”),源自古法蘭克語 *marrijan (“疏漏;妨碍”),源自原始日耳曼語 *marzijaną (“疏漏;妨碍;破坏”),源自原始印歐語 *mers- (“迷;不知道,忘”) + 古法語后缀-ault、-aud。同源词有古高地德語 marrjan、marren (“妨碍”)、古撒克遜語 merrian (“妨碍;浪费”)、哥特語 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan,“冒犯”)。与mar有关。
读音
- /məˈɹɔːd/
- /məˈɹɔd/
- /mɘˈɹoːd/
释义
四处劫掠
a marauding band
一伙烧杀抢掠的人
Peace Plunder, Peace, you Rogue; no Moroding now i we'll burn, rob, demolish and murder another time together : This is a Bus'ness must be done with decency.
1684, Thomas Otway, The Works of Mr. Thomas Otway, volume 2, London: Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington, published 1728, The Atheist; or the Second Part of the Soldier's Fortune, page 88:[…] in one of which they met with a party of French that had been marauding, and made them all prisoners at discretion.
1711, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, no. 90-505, volume 3, London: Thomas Tickell, published 1721, page 115:杀气腾腾地四处走
A flea out of a blanket shaken, A bloody-minded sinner, Upon a taylor's neck was taken, Marauding for a dinner.
1770, “Fables for Grown Gentlemen”, in Tobias George Smollett, editor, The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, volume 29, London: A. Hamilton, page 73:劫掠,掠夺
As the tract of country they intended to maraud was far in the Moorish territories near the coast of the Mediterranean, they did not arrive until late in the following day.
1829, Washington Irving, A Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada: In Two Volumes, volume 1, Paris: Baudry, at the Foreign Library, pages 118-9:
词形与写法(3)
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| marauds | third-person · singular · present | |
| marauding | present · participle | |
| marauded | past · participle · 簡單過去時 |