| 单词 | buccaneer |
| 释义 | buccaneer[ buhk-uh-neer ] / ˌbʌk əˈnɪər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR buccaneer ON THESAURUS.COM nounany of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century. any pirate. Origin of buccaneer1655–65; <French boucanier, literally, barbecuer, equivalent to boucan barbecue (<Tupi, variant of mukém) + -ier-eer OTHER WORDS FROM buccaneerbuc·ca·neer·ish, adjectiveWords nearby buccaneerbuccal, buccal artery, buccal cavity, buccal gland, buccal nerve, buccaneer, buccaro, bucchero, buccinator, bucco-, buccogingival Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for buccaneerBritish Dictionary definitions for buccaneerbuccaneer / (ˌbʌkəˈnɪə) / nouna pirate, esp one who preyed on the Spanish colonies and shipping in America and the Caribbean in the 17th and 18th centuries verb (intr)to be or act like a buccaneer Word Origin for buccaneerC17: from French boucanier, from boucaner to smoke meat, from Old French boucan frame for smoking meat, of Tupian origin; originally applied to French and English hunters of wild oxen in the Caribbean Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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