loot

loot

英 [luːt]
　　美 [lut]

n. 戰利品；搶劫；掠奪品
　　vt. 搶劫，洗劫；強奪
　　vi. 洗劫，掠奪；搶劫

中文詞源：

loot 打劫，戰利品

來自梵語loptram,lotram,打劫，偷來的物品，來自PIE*reup,抓，搶，詞源同rip,rob.後引申詞義戰利品。印歐語字母r在與梵語l發生瞭音變關系，如light對應梵語詞rocate,照耀，照明。

例句：

1. It was all the loot taken by soldiers from the captured town.
這就是士兵們從被占領的城鎮掠奪來的所有東西.

2. There have been reports of youths taking advantage of the general confusion to loot and steal.
有報道說一些年輕人乘局勢一片混亂之際搶劫盜竊。

3. Most criminals steal in order to sell their loot for cash on the black market.
罪犯盜竊大多是為瞭把贓物在黑市上賣掉，換取現金。

4. The thieves quarreled with one another about how to divide the loot.
盜賊們為瞭如何分臟而彼此爭吵起來.

5. It was Arakanese who joined the general scramble for loot.
阿拉幹參與瞭對戰利品的全面掠奪.