loot
n. 赃物, 洗劫, 抢夺 v. 洗劫, 抢夺
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教材释义与例句
抢劫，洗劫；强夺
洗劫，掠夺；抢劫
释义与例句
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Synonym of booty, goods seized from an enemy by violence, particularly (historical) during the sacking of a town in war or (video games) after successful combat.
不可数India went from being a world-famous exporter of finished cloth into an importer, went from having 27% of world trade to less than 2%. Meanwhile, colonialists like Sir Robert Clive bought their rotten boroughs in England on the proceeds of their loot in India while taking the Hindi word "loot" into their dictionaries as well as their habits.
The loot from the sack of Constantinople included the head of John the Baptist.
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Synonym of sack, the plundering of a city, particularly during war.
不可数He consented to the loot of the city by the men under his command.
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Any valuable thing received for free, especially Christmas presents.
美国 非正式 不可数Free Loot for Children
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Synonym of money.
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A scoop used to remove scum from brine pans in saltworks.
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Clipping of lieutenant.
美国 过时 俚语 政治 军事
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Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
抢劫
及物We looted the temple and the orphanage, which turned most of the NPCs against us.
The plunderers are beaten whenever they are caught, but there is a good deal of burning and ‘looting’ as they call it.
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Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.
及物He told me... that if I gave him less than to the master of the luggage-boat, he would... declare at Shēr-Gurry that I had ‘looted him!’
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Borrowed from Hindi लूट (lūṭ, “booty”), either from Sanskrit लोप्त्र (loptra, “booty, stolen property”) or लुण्ट् (luṇṭ, “to rob, plunder”). The figurative meaning developed in American English in the 1920s, resulting in a generalized meaning by the 1950s.
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