单词	brigand
释义	brigandbrig‧and /ˈbrɪɡənd/ noun [countable] literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINbrigand Origin: 1300-1400 Old French, Old Italian brigante, from brigare; ➔ BRIGADE Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A few days later we passed the desiccated corpse of another brigand hanging on a gibbet beside the track. And the brigands move around, never stay in one place for too long. At the worst possible moment a brigand named Babbitt raided the shore of Philadelphia from a commandeered ship. Let me tell you what really bothers me about that brigand more than his plagiarizing. There was a vaguely medieval theme: knights and ladies, fools and brigands. When the envoys complained to the emperor, he dispatched an army to deal with these brigands. You're a brigand, a throw-back to the Dark Ages. a thief, especially one of a group that attacks people in mountains or forests
随便看	uncannily uncanny uncared for unceasing unceasingly unceremonious unceremoniously uncertain uncertainly uncertainty unchallengeable unchallenged unchanging uncharacteristic uncharacteristically uncharitable uncharted unchecked uncivilized uncle unclean uncleanness unclear Uncle Remus Uncle Sam

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