robbery

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 大学 FREQ #2653

n. 抢掠, 抢夺 [法] 强盗, 抢劫, 劫掠

发音

UK /ˈɹɒbəɹi/
UK /ˈɹɒbɹi/
US /ˈɹɑbəɹi/

词形变化

robberies 复数 robberies

别名

robberie

教材释义与例句

名词

抢劫，盗窃；抢掠

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    The act or practice of robbing.

    抢劫

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The offense of taking or attempting to take the property of another by force or threat of force.

    可数 不可数

    bank robbery

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

looting

上位词 7

stealing theft thieving larceny pillage thievery plundering

下位词 10

job rolling heist holdup hijacking caper rip-off stickup armed robbery dacoity

相关短语

highway robbery [法] 挡路抢劫 daylight robbery [法] 侵害采光权 armed robbery [法] 持械抢劫 bank robbery fair exchange is no robbery

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *Hrewp-der. Proto-Germanic *raubōną Frankish *raubōnbor. Late Latin raubāre Old French rober Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French roberiebor. Middle English robberie English robbery From Middle English robberie, robry, roberie, from Old French roberie, from the verb rober (“to steal; to pillage”) + -ie. Ultimately from unattested Frankish *raubōn. By surface analysis, rob + -ery. Compare Dutch roverij (“robbery”), Norwegian Bokmål røveri (“robbery”), German Räuberei (“robbery, banditry”). Displaced native Old English rēaflāc.

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