burglarize

英 ['bɜːgləraɪz] 美 ['bɝglə,raɪz]
  • vi. 夜盗;行窃
  • vt. 撬窃;行窃

英文词源


burglarize (v.)
1865, American English, from burglary + -ize. Related: Burglarized; burglarizing.
We see in a telegraphic despatch from across the boundary line that a store was "burglarized" a short time ago. We are sorry that any thing so dreadful should have happened to any of our inventive cousins. Truly the American language is "fearfully and wonderfully made." ["Upper Canada Law Journal," September 1865, p.228]



Burglarize, to, a term creeping into journalism. "The Yankeeisms donated, collided, and burglarized have been badly used up by an English magazine writer." (Southern Magazine, April, 1871.) The word has a dangerous rival in the shorter burgle. [Maximilian Schele De Vere, "Americanisms; The English of the New World," 1872]

双语例句


1. They might steal purses, burglarize apartments and homes.
他们可能扒窃钱包, 溜门撬锁.

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