| 释义 |
plun·der
I. \ˈpləndə(r)\ verb
(plundered ; plundered ; plundering \-d(ə)riŋ\ ; plunders)
Etymology: German plündern, from Middle High German plundern, from plunder, blunder household goods, clothes, from Middle Low German plunder-; akin to Middle Dutch plunder, plonder household goods, clothes
transitive verb
1.
a. : to take the goods of by force (as in war) or wrongfully : pillage, spoil, sack
< laws about the plundering of nonbelligerents >
b. : to take or appropriate by force or wrongfully : steal, loot
< the raiders plundered all the cattle >
2. : to make extensive use of material from (an author or his work) without acknowledgment
< Shakespeare and his fellow-dramatists plundered the Church legends — Henry Adams >
intransitive verb
: to committ robbery, spoliation, or looting
Synonyms: see rob
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an act of plundering (as in war) : pillaging; also : spoliation by extortion
2. : something that is taken by open force (as from an enemy) or by theft or fraud : pillage, spoil, booty, loot
3. chiefly dialect
a. : personal property and effects : baggage; also : a freight shipment : freight
b. : goods and equipment used in an indicated situation or activity
< camping plunder >
especially : household goods — called also house plunder
c. : trade goods : items for buying or selling
d.
(1) : profit, gains
(2) : something garnered or collected
< a boyish plunder of nuts, grapes, and crab apples >
e. : miscellaneous articles : junk |