buccaneer英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.

— “Heard of him!” cried the squire. “Heard of him, you say! He was the bloodthirstiest buccaneer that sailed.[…]”
A pirate.

动词 v.

To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.

— In 1596 and 1597 he bucaneered against Sao Thomi, the Portuguese slaving settlement off the coast of West Africa, and in the Spanish Main

词形变化

buccaneers plural bucanier alternative buccanier alternative buccaneers present,singular,third-person buccaneering participle,present buccaneered participle,past buccaneered past bucanier alternative buccanier alternative

词汇关系

近义词

privateer pirate

衍生词

buccaneering buccaneerish buccaneerism

词源

词源 1

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupian *mo-
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ
Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor.
French boucan
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Middle French -er
French -ier
French boucanierbor.
English buccaneer
From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer.

词源 2

Etymology tree
Proto-Tupian *mo-
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mo-
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaʔẽ
Proto-Tupi-Guarani *mokaʔẽ
Old Tupi mboka'ẽbor.
French boucan
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -ārius
Old French -ier
Middle French -er
French -ier
French boucanierbor.
English buccaneer
From French boucanier, from boucaner (“to smoke or broil meat and fish, to hunt wild beasts for their skins”), from boucan (“(Tupi-style) grill”), from Old Tupi moka'ẽ, mboka'ẽ (“wooden grill”). By surface analysis, buccan + -eer.