corsair

n. 海盗, 海盗船, 回教徒的私掠船

发音

US /kɔːɹsɛəɹ/

词形变化

corsairs 复数 corsairs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A French privateer, especially from the port of Saint-Malo.

  2. 2.

    A privateer or pirate in general.

  3. 3.

    The ship of privateers or pirates, especially of French nationality.

  4. 4.

    A nocturnal assassin bug of the genus Rasahus, found in the southern USA.

  5. 5.

    A Californian market fish (Sebastes rosaceus).

词汇关系

名词

上位词 5

pirate buccaneer pirate ship sea-robber sea rover

相关短语

Turkish corsair

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers-der. Proto-Italic *korzō Medieval Latin currō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Medieval Latin -tus Medieval Latin cursus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Medieval Latin -āriusnom. Medieval Latin -ārius Medieval Latin cursāriusder. Italian corsarobor. French corsairebor. English corsair Borrowed from French corsaire, from Medieval Latin cursārius (“pirate”), from Latin cursus (“course, a running; plunder, hostile inroad”). Doublet of courser and hussar.

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