robber
noun /ˈrɒbə(r)/
/ˈrɑːbər/
- a person who steals from a person or place, especially using violence or threats
强盗；盗贼；抢劫犯 - a bank robber
银行抢劫犯
Topics Crime and punishmentb1- Police are hunting a masked robber who snatched £15 000 from a post office.
警方正在搜捕一个从邮局抢了1.5 万英镑的蒙面强盗。 - Robbers escaped with $30 000.
盗贼拿着 3 万美元逃跑了。 - Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint.
强盗持枪抢劫了一家银行。 - The would-be robber fled empty-handed.
这个准备抢劫的人空着手逃掉了。 - The prison sentence ended his career as a bank robber.
被判入狱终结了他银行抢劫犯的职业生涯。 - an armed robber
持械抢劫犯
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- armed
- masked
- bank
- …
- band
- gang
- chase
- hunt
- search for
- …
- hold somebody/something up
- snatch something
- steal something
- …
词源Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French robere, from the verb rober, of Germanic origin. - a bank robber