highway robbery

短语

[法] 挡路抢劫

发音

AU

词形变化

highway robberies 复数

别名

highway-robbery

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of robbing a traveler on a public road.

    拦路抢劫

    路劫

    劫道

    可数 历史 不可数
  2. 2.

    Excessive or exorbitant prices.

    习语 不可数 可数

    They think they can charge $400 for a shirt? That's highway robbery.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

price damage terms robbery

词源

Compare Old English weġrēaf (“highway robbery”, literally “road-theft”).

来源：wiktionary