maraud

英 [mə'rɔ:d]      美 [məˈrɔd]
  • vt. 掠夺;袭击
  • vi. 袭击
  • n. 掠夺;袭击
  • n. (Maraud)人名;(法)马罗
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maraud(没落的) 抢劫
maraud (v.)
1690s, from French marauder (17c.), from Middle French maraud "rascal" (15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps from French dialectal maraud "tomcat," echoic of its cry. A word popularized in several languages during the Thirty Years War (Spanish merodear, German marodiren, marodieren "to maraud," marodebruder "straggler, deserter") by punning association with Count Mérode, imperialist general. Related: Marauded; marauding.
1. Numb with terror, she stared at the departing maraud-ers.
她吓得呆若木鸡,眼睁睁地看着劫匪们离去。