burglar: [15] The first trace we have of burglar is as burgulator in 13th-century Anglo-Latin texts, and it appears in Anglo-Norman legal documents of the 15th century as burgler. These point to an unrecorded medieval Latin base *burg- ‘plunder’, which appears in Old French burgur ‘robber’. The verb burgle is a 19thcentury back-formation from burglar.
burglar (n.)
1540s, shortened from Anglo-Latin burglator (late 13c.), earlier burgator, from Medieval Latin burgator "burglar," from burgare "to break open, commit burglary," from Latin burgus "fortress, castle," a Germanic loan-word akin to borough. The intrusive -l- is perhaps from influence of Latin latro "thief" (see larceny). The native word, Old English burgh-breche, might have influenced the word.
实用例句
1. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.
现在让我把入室窃贼送交警方，我可能会有所顾虑。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The burglar alarm is activated by movement.
这防盗警报器一动就会响。
来自《权威词典》
4. The burglar got in through the window.
盗贼是从窗户进来的。
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5. The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.
