arson
arson 英 [ˈɑ:sn] 美 [ˈɑrsn]
n. 纵火；纵火罪
名词复数:arsons
- If you deliberately light logs on fire to roast marshmallows, you have camping skills. If you deliberately set your whole house on fire to collect the insurance money, you've committed arson.
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- n. 纵火；纵火罪
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1. Facts have proved that this is an evil crime of murder, arson and robbery.
大量的事实表明，这是一起罪恶的杀戮，罪恶的纵火，罪恶的抢劫。
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2. Beatings, looting and arson by marauding militias have created an atmosphere of fear and insecurity.
这些民兵盗匪在村落里打人、抢劫和纵火，制造了恐慌不安的气氛。
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3. In truth, capital punishment was sentenced only in the most serious of cases, which included murder, treason and arson.
实际上，死刑只有在最严重的犯罪中才会被宣判，这其中包括谋杀、叛国和纵火。
- arson (n.) "malicious burning of property," 1670s, from Anglo-French arsoun (late 13c.), Old French arsion, from Late Latin arsionem (nominative arsio) "a burning," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin ardere "to burn," from PIE root *as- "to burn, glow" (see ash (n.1)). The Old English term was bærnet, literally "burning;" and Coke has indictment of burning (1640).
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