dacoit

FREQ #41210

n. 强盗, 土匪

发音

US /dəˈkɔɪt/
其它 /dəˈkɔɪt/

词形变化

dacoits 复数 dacoits dacoited dacoiting dacoits 三单 dacoiting 现在分词 dacoited 过去式 dacoited 过去分词

别名

dacoid dacoo dakoit dakoo decoit

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A bandit or armed robber, especially in former parts of British India.

    印度

    1893, Bithia Mary Croker, "The Dâk Bungalow at Dakor" in "To Let" etc., Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1906, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/toletcroker00crok […] she had harangued us on the subject of fever and cholera and bad water, had warned us solemnly against dacoits, and now she was hinting at ghosts.

v.
  1. 1.

    To commit armed robbery.

    印度

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dakoit

上位词 2

thief stealer

词源

Borrowed from Hindustani ڈکیت / डकैत (ḍakait), from ڈاکا (ḍākā) / डाका (ḍākā, “gang-robbery”).

来源：wiktionary