marauding

英 [məˈrɔːdɪŋ]

美 [məˈrɔːdɪŋ]

adj.  (到处)抢劫的，打劫的，劫掠的
v.  战时侵入敌方掠夺、抢劫或搜寻战利品; 抢劫，掳掠，攫夺
maraud的现在分词

现在分词：marauding　

BNC.20039 / COCA.24688

牛津词典

adj.

• （到处）抢劫的，打劫的，劫掠的
  going around a place in search of things to steal or people to attack
  1. marauding wolves
     到处猎食的狼群

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (人)四处劫掠的;(动物)四处攫食的
  If you talk aboutmaraudinggroups of people or animals, you mean they are unpleasant and dangerous, because they wander around looking for opportunities to steal or kill.
  1. Marauding gangs of armed men have been looting food relief supplies.
     持械抢劫团伙一直在四处抢劫救济食品。
  2. ...safe from danger, such as marauding wild animals.
     远离了诸如觅食野兽之类的危险

英英释义

adj

• characterized by plundering or pillaging or marauding
  1. bands of marauding Indians
  2. predatory warfare
  3. a raiding party
  Synonym:predatoryraiding

双语例句

• Even if you were one of the very few with the constitution to survive, there was a good chance that a raid by the French or marauding buccaneers would get you instead.
  即使你是依靠强壮的体质而活了下来的少数幸存者之一，你也极有可能遭到法国人的袭击或者遇到打劫的海盗。
• They were attacked by marauding soldiers.
  他们遭到到处抢掠的士兵攻击。
• With a few taps at the command line, you can launch a Web site, recruit legions to your cause, or vanquish a marauding thunder lizard.
  只需在命令行上敲几下，就可以启动网站、招募军团或击败可怕的火龙。
• Settlers once ran into Payson for protection from marauding Apaches;
  移民们曾经跑到佩森寻求保护，以便躲避阿帕齐人的劫掠。
• Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee star as a father and son who face starving stragglers and marauding packs of cannibals after a nuclear explosion destroys America.
  影片中维果·莫特森和柯蒂·斯密特-麦菲饰演了一对父子，在核爆炸摧毁了美国后，他们面临饥饿、迷失方向、被食人族袭击的故事。
• They went in fear of attack by marauding bands.
  他们提心吊胆生怕遭到劫匪的袭击。
• The the wild boar ( Sus scrofa) is often found marauding in the swamp margin and it is a source of bushmeat in Asia.
  野猪（Susscrofa）经常被发现在沼泽边掠食，它们本身是亚洲丛林的兽肉来源。
• Manchester United fans may not like this but Phil Jones shares with another Prestonian a sweet marauding talent that sweeps him out of defence and up the pitch.
  曼联球迷可能不喜欢，但琼斯虽然到处踢得很欢但防守的位置感还是差点。
• Japan had tried the more brutish British method of marauding around the region in pursuit of an empire.
  日本追求帝国梦的过程与英国相似，也曾对周边地区大肆劫掠，而且手段更为野蛮。
• Within the next month, eleven people were killed in the near-by villages by marauding bands-bought soldiers, a few village leaders and the landlords in the Revenge Corps.
  在此后短短一个月的时间内，石壁村附近几个村子里，就有十一人惨遭“还乡团”的毒手。