marauder

FREQ #33591

n. 掳掠者, 攫食的动物, 抢劫者 [法] 抢劫者, 掳掠者

发音

UK /məˈɹɔːdə(ɹ)/
其它 /məˈɹɑdɚ/
US /məˈɹɔdɚ/

词形变化

marauders 复数 marauders

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

    掠夺者

    a band of marauders

    1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados If she keeps the dog up, the garden is invaded night and day by an army of peregrinating feline marauders that scent the booty from afar.

  2. 2.

    Any person who or thing which marauds.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

predator vulture piranha

上位词 4

attacker assailant aggressor assaulter

下位词 1

mosstrooper

词源

From maraud + -er.

来源：wiktionary