buccaneer

C2 FREQ #45749

n. 海盗 vi. 做海盗

发音

其它 /ˌbʌkəˈnɪɚ/

词形变化

buccaneers 复数 buccaneers buccaneered buccaneering buccaneers 三单 buccaneering 现在分词 buccaneered 过去式 buccaneered 过去分词

别名

bucanier buccanier

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

    航海 交通
  2. 2.

    A pirate.

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

pirate sea-robber sea rover

上位词 7

spoiler raider despoiler freebooter looter pillager plunderer

下位词 2

corsair sea king
动词

上位词 1

live

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Tupian *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo- Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ Old Tupi moka'ẽbor. French boucan Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -er French -ier French boucanierbor. English buccaneer From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer.

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