| 单词 | maraud |
| 释义 | maraud (once / 1919 pages) vn As a verb maraud means to rove about the countryside looking for goods to steal and in general, to make mayhem and trouble. The Gilbert and Sullivan opera "The Pirates of Penzance" is about a band of marauding pirates, the daughters of Major-General Stanley, and a big misunderstanding. The word maraud comes from the Middle French word meant "rascal or rogue." A marauder is someone who marauds and marauding describes people who raid and plunder. As a noun, a maraud is a quick, short foray. As a teenager, you may have participated in a midnight maraud to festoon your friend's house with toilet paper or capture the mascot of your rival sports team. WORD FAMILYmaraud: marauded, marauder, marauding, marauds+/marauder: marauders USAGE EXAMPLESNewly flush with fancy clothes, a group of workers evade marauding riot cops. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) The challenge is murderous, marauding immigrants; the solution is a wall. Slate(Dec 04, 2016) A marauding moth - the diamondback - arrived in the UK earlier than expected this year and in unprecedented numbers. BBC(Dec 02, 2016) 1v raid and rove in search of booty maraudi ng rebels overran the countryside Hyper foray into, raid enter someone else's territory and take spoils 2n a sudden short attack Syn|Hypo|Hyper foray, raid air attack, air raid an attack by armed planes on a surface target swoopa very rapid raid incursion, penetration an attack that penetrates into enemy territory |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。