| 单词 | pirate |
| 释义 | pirate —piratelike, adj. —piratical /puy rat"i keuhl, pi-/, piratic, adj. —piratically, adv. /puy"reuht/, n. , v. , pirated, pirating. n. 1. a person who robs or commits illegal violence at sea or on the shores of the sea. 2. a ship used by such persons. 3. any plunderer, predator, etc.: confidence men, slumlords, and other pirates. 4. a person who uses or reproduces the work or invention of another without authorization. 5. Also called pirate stream. Geol. a stream that diverts into its own flow the headwaters of another stream, river, etc. v.t. 6. to commit piracy upon; plunder; rob. 7. to take by piracy: to pirate gold. 8. to use or reproduce (a book, an invention, etc.) without authorization or legal right: to pirate hit records. 9. to take or entice away for one's own use: Our competitor is trying to pirate our best salesman. v.i. 10. to commit or practice piracy. [1250-1300; ME < L pirata < Gk peiratés, equiv. to peira-, var. s. of peirân to attack + -tes agent n. suffix] Syn. 1. freebooter, buccaneer, corsair, plunderer. |
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