maraud

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /məˈɹɔːd/    美 /məˈɹɔd/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To move about in roving fashion looking for plunder; to loiter. intransitive
    — a marauding band
  2. To go about aggressively or in a predatory manner. intransitive
    — A flea out of a blanket shaken, A bloody-minded sinner, Upon a taylor's neck was taken, Marauding for a dinner.
  3. To raid and pillage. transitive
    — As the tract of country they intended to maraud was far in the Moorish territories near the coast of the Mediterranean, they did not arrive until late in the following day.

词形变化

marauds present,singular,third-person marauding participle,present marauded participle,past marauded past

词汇关系

相关词
marauder

词源

From French marauder, derivative of maraud (“rogue, vagabond”), from Middle French maraud (“rascal”), from Old French *marault (“beggar, vagabond”), from marir, marrir (“to trouble, stray, lose ones way, be lost”), from Frankish *marʀijan (“to neglect, hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *marzijaną (“to neglect, hinder, spoil”), from Proto-Indo-European *mers- (“to trouble, confuse, ignore, forget”), + Old French suffix -ault, -aud. Cognate with Old High German marrjan, marren (“to obstruct, hinder”), Old Saxon merrian (“to hinder, waste”), Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan, “to offend”). Related to mar.
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