corsair
英 [ˈkɔː.seər]
美 [ˈkɔːr.ser]
- n. 海盗；海盗船
星级词汇:
记忆方法
将“corsair”分解为“cor”和“sail”。想象一个古老的船长，他的名字叫“cor”，他擅长驾驶船只，因此“sail”表示航行。这种形象可以帮助你记住“corsair”指的是海盗或私掠船。
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英语词源
- corsair
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corsair: [15] Etymologically, a corsair is someone who goes on a ‘course’. Latin cursus (source of English course) was a derivative of Latin currere ‘run’, and meant originally a ‘run’. From this it developed to ‘journey’ and ‘expedition’ to ‘hostile or predatory expedition’, and eventually to the proceeds of such a raid, the ‘plunder’ or ‘booty’. In medieval Latin the term cursārius was derived from it to denote someone who took part in such raids, and this passed into English via Old Italian corsaro, Provençal corsari, and Old French corsaire.
=> course, hussar - corsair (n.)
- 1540s, from Middle French corsaire (15c.), from Provençal cursar, Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius "pirate," from Latin cursus "course, a running," from currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Meaning of the Medieval Latin verb evolved from "course" to "journey" to "expedition" to an expedition specifically for plunder.
权威例句
- 1. Xebecs have a history of being corsair ships and they were often seen in the Mediterranean.
- 历史上它们常被作为海盗船只并且频繁的在地中海一带活动.
- 2. It is said that 14,000 copies of The Corsair were sold in a day.
- 据说,《海盗》一天就销售了一万四千册.