rapine

n. 抢夺, 掠夺 [法] 抢劫, 掠夺, 强夺

发音

US /ˈɹæpaɪn/

词形变化

rapines 复数 rapined rapines 三单 rapines rapining rapining 现在分词 rapined 过去式 rapined 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The seizure of someone's property by force; pillage; plunder.

    可数 不可数

    You could join Wiscard’s remnants in the Red Stars. I don’t know, though, if you’d call that fighting or piracy. Or you could join our present gracious viceroy — gracious by right of murder, pillage, rapine, and the word of a boy Emperor, since rightfully assassinated.

v.
  1. 1.

    To plunder.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

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上位词 2

词源

From Middle English rapyne, from Old French rapine, from Latin rapīna, from rapiō. Doublet of ravine.

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