loot是什么意思

loot

英 [luːt] 美 [lut]

n. 战利品；抢劫；掠夺品
vt. 抢劫，洗劫；强夺
vi. 洗劫，掠夺；抢劫

助记提示

1. t ---> 钩子。
2. 劫匪带了100个钩子来抢劫东西。
3. tool <===> loot: 抢劫是需要工具的。
4. 谐音“掳特”-----掳掠特别好的东西。

中文词源

loot 打劫，战利品

来自梵语loptram,lotram,打劫，偷来的物品，来自PIE*reup,抓，抢，词源同rip,rob.后引申词义战利品。印欧语字母r在与梵语l发生了音变关系，如light对应梵语词rocate,照耀，照明。

英文词源

loot (n.): "goods taken from an enemy, etc.," 1788, Anglo-Indian, from Hindi lut, from Sanskrit loptram, lotram "booty, stolen property," from PIE *roup-tro-, from root *reup- "to snatch" (see rip (v.)). The verb is first attested 1821, from the noun. Related: Looted; looting.

双语例句

1. It was all the loot taken by soldiers from the captured town.: 这就是士兵们从被占领的城镇掠夺来的所有东西.

2. There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.: 有报道说一些年轻人乘局势一片混乱之际抢劫盗窃。

3. Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market.: 罪犯盗窃大多是为了把赃物在黑市上卖掉，换取现金。

4. The thieves quarreled with one another about how to divide the loot.: 盗贼们为了如何分脏而彼此争吵起来.

5. It was Arakanese who joined the general scramble for loot.: 阿拉干参与了对战利品的全面掠夺.

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