burglar

1. burg- "fortress, castle" (德国北部城市汉堡: Hamburg) + -lar (influence from Latin latro "thief" (see larceny)). 进入城堡盗窃。
2. => break open, commit burglary.

burglar 破门盗贼

burg, 城堡。字母l, 缩写自larceny, 偷窃。

burglar

burglar: [15] The first trace we have of burglar is as burgulator in 13th-century Anglo-Latin texts, and it appears in Anglo-Norman legal documents of the 15th century as burgler. These point to an unrecorded medieval Latin base *burg- ‘plunder’, which appears in Old French burgur ‘robber’. The verb burgle is a 19thcentury back-formation from burglar.

burglar (n.)

1540s, shortened from Anglo-Latin burglator (late 13c.), earlier burgator, from Medieval Latin burgator "burglar," from burgare "to break open, commit burglary," from Latin burgus "fortress, castle," a Germanic loan-word akin to borough. The intrusive -l- is perhaps from influence of Latin latro "thief" (see larceny). The native word, Old English burgh-breche, might have influenced the word.

1. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.

现在让我把入室窃贼送交警方，我可能会有所顾虑。

2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.

这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。

3. The burglar alarm is activated by movement.

这防盗警报器一动就会响。

4. The burglar got in through the window.

盗贼是从窗户进来的。

5. The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.

盗贼将手电筒照进黑暗的房间.

【burglar, gangster, thief, bandit, robber, pirate】
这组词都有“资贼、强盗”的意思，其区别是：
burglar: 指夜间撬窗破门行窃的人。
gangster: 指结伙进行各种非法活动的武装歹徒。
thief: 普通用词含义广泛，一般专指盗窍者。
bandit: 指在乡间或小林地区结帮活动，使用恐吓或暴力行窃的人。现指有组织或单独进行抢窃的盗匪。
robber: 指以暴力或威胁等手段强行夺取他人财物的人。
pirate: 指海盗。