• n. 夜賊，竊賊

burg, 城堡。字母l, 縮寫自larceny, 偷竊。

burglar

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.

1. Today I might hesitate to turn in a burglar.

現在讓我把入室竊賊送交警方，我可能會有所顧慮。

來自柯林斯例句

2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.

這個夜賊覺得老人容易下手。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The burglar alarm is activated by movement.

這防盜警報器一動就會響。

來自《權威詞典》

4. The burglar got in through the window.

盜賊是從窗戶進來的。

來自《權威詞典》

5. The burglar shone his torch into the dark room.

盜賊將手電筒照進黑暗的房間.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》