loot
verb /luːt/
/luːt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they loot | /luːt/ /luːt/ |
| he / she / it loots | /luːts/ /luːts/ |
| past simple looted | /ˈluːtɪd/ /ˈluːtɪd/ |
| past participle looted | /ˈluːtɪd/ /ˈluːtɪd/ |
| -ing form looting | /ˈluːtɪŋ/ /ˈluːtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] loot (something) to steal things from shops or buildings after a riot, fire, etc.
（暴乱、火灾等后）打劫，抢劫，劫掠 - More than 20 shops were looted.
有 20 多家商店遭到了抢劫。 - The invaders rampaged through the streets, looting and killing.
入侵者在街上横冲直撞，屠杀劫掠。
- More than 20 shops were looted.
- (Indian English) loot something (from somebody/something) to steal something (from somebody/something)
（从某人或某处）偷，偷走 - A gang went through the train and looted money from passengers.
几名扒手从火车车厢中走过去，偷乘客的钱。 - Clothes and jewellery were looted from her house.
她家的衣物和首饰被盗。
- A gang went through the train and looted money from passengers.
- (Indian English) loot somebody/something to steal money or property from a person or a place
（从某人或某处）偷钱（或财物） - (figurative) The Government is looting the public.
该国政府正在窃取老百姓的财富。 - He was stopped by the police while trying to loot a bank.
他正要偷银行，警察制住了他。
- (figurative) The Government is looting the public.
词源early 19th cent. (as a verb): from Hindi lūṭ, from Sanskrit luṇṭh- ‘rob’.