reave

v. 剥夺, 抢走

发音

其它 /ɹiːv/

词形变化

reaves 三单 reaving 现在分词 reaved 过去式 reaved 过去分词 reft 过去式 reft 过去分词

别名

reive rieve

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To plunder, pillage, rob, pirate, or remove.

    掠夺

    抢夺

    古体
  2. 2.

    To deprive (a person) of something through theft or violence.

    抢走

    夺走

    偷走

    古体
  3. 1.

    To split, tear, break apart.

    古体

词汇关系

词源

From Middle English reven, from Old English rēafian, from Proto-West Germanic *raubōn. Germanic cognates include West Frisian rave, Old English rēaf (“spoils, booty”)), and Old English past participle rofen (“torn, broken”), Norwegian rjuva, German rauben, Danish røve, and Swedish röva. Outside of Germanic, related to Latin rumpō (“to break”), Lithuanian rùpti (“to roughen”), Sanskrit रोपयति (ropayati, “to make suffer”)). See rob and reif.

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