marauding
adjective /məˈrɔːdɪŋ/
/məˈrɔːdɪŋ/
[only before noun]- (of people or animals
) going around a place in search of things to steal or people to attack人或动物 (到处)抢劫的,打劫的,劫掠的 - marauding wolves
到处猎食的狼群 - Gangs of marauding youths filled the streets.
成群结队的劫掠青年挤满了街道。
词源late 17th cent.: from French marauder, from maraud ‘rogue’ + -ing. - marauding wolves