- Plunder can mean stolen goods or money obtained illegally, or the act of taking those things. A burglar might plunder a jewelry store and then sneak off with her plunder.
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- n. 抢夺;战利品;掠夺品
- v. 掠夺;抢劫
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1. The troops crossed the country, plundering and looting as they went.
部队经过乡村,一路抢劫掳掠。
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2. The abbey had been plundered of its valuables.
寺院的珍宝被洗劫一空。
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3. The thief disgorged his plunder.
那贼被迫吐出脏物。
- plunder (n.) "goods taken by force; act of plundering," 1640s, from plunder (v.).
- plunder (v.) 1630s, from German plündern, from Middle High German plunderen "to plunder," originally "to take away household furniture," from plunder (n.) "household goods, clothes," also "lumber, baggage" (14c.; compare Modern German Plunder "lumber, trash"), which is related to Middle Dutch plunder "household goods;" Frisian and Dutch plunje "clothes." A word said to have been acquired by English via the Thirty Years' War and applied in native use after the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1642. Related: Plundered; plundering. Plunderbund was a U.S. colloquial word from 1914 referring to "a corrupt alliance of corporate and financial interests," with German Bund "alliance, league."
plun·der / ˈplʌndə(r) ; NAmE ˈplʌndər / verb , noun plunder plunders plundered plundering verb [intransitive , transitive ] to steal things from a place, especially using force during a time of war (尤指战乱时用武力)抢劫,掠夺 SYN loot ◆ The troops crossed the country, plundering and looting as they went. 部队经过乡村,一路抢劫掳掠。 plundersth (of sth) ◆ The abbey had been plundered of its valuables. 寺院的珍宝被洗劫一空。 plundersth (from sth) ◆ Only a small amount of the money that he plundered from his companies has been recovered. 他从公司搜刮的钱只有一小部份被追回。 ☞compare pillage ▶ plun·der·er plunderer plunderers / ; NAmE / noun noun [uncountable ] 1 the act of plundering 抢掠;掠夺 2 things that have been stolen, especially during a war, etc. (尤指战争中)掠夺的财物 ☞compare pillage plun·der / ˈplʌndə(r) ; NAmE ˈplʌndər / plun·der·er / ; NAmE /
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