单词 | burgle |
释义 | burgle (bɜːʳgəl ) Word forms: burgles , burgling , burgled verb B2 If a building is burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things. [British] I found that my flat had been burgled. [be VERB-ed] I thought we had been burgled. [be VERB-ed] Two teenagers burgled the home of Mr Jones's mother. [VERB noun] Synonyms: rob, raid, loot, steal from Collocations: burgle a house Anyone who wants to burgle your house will be able to plan everything on their laptop at home in the evening. The Sun In too many cases, prison has proved to be a very poor way of persuading him never to burgle your house again. Times, Sunday Times Climb up to that open bathroom window and burgle that house? Times, Sunday Times People burgle your house while you sleep. The Sun When plague empties a town of its inhabitants, he takes the opportunity to burgle a house. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 偷窃 Japanese: 泥棒に入る |
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