单词 | buccaneer |
释义 | Word Frequency buccaneer(ˌbʌkəˈnɪə) noun 1. a pirate, esp one who preyed on the Spanish colonies and shipping in America and the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries verb (intransitive) 2. to be or act like a buccaneer Word origin C17: from French boucanier, from boucaner to smoke meat, from Old French boucan frame for smoking meat, of Tupian origin; originally applied to French and Englishhunters of wild oxen in the Caribbean |
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