pirate

英 ['pa?r?t] 美['pa?r?t]

CET6TEM4GRE考研中低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?pirates;第三人稱單數:?pirates;過去式:?pirated;現在分詞:?pirating;形容詞:?piratical;

pirate 海盜

來自拉丁語pirata,水手，海盜，冒險者，來自希臘語peiran,嘗試，攻擊，來自PIE*per,向前，嘗試，詞源同forth,expert,peril.

pirate: pirate: [15] A pirate is etymologically someone who makes an ‘attempt’ or ‘attack’ on someone. The word comes via Latin pīrāta (where the notion of a ‘sea-robber’ first emerged) from Greek peirātés ‘attacker, marauder’, a derivative of the verb peiran ‘attempt, attack’. This came from the same base, *per- ‘try’, as produced English experience, expert, peril, repertory, etc.
=> experience, expert, peril, repertory
pirate (n.): c. 1300 (mid-13c. as a surname), from Latin pirata "sailor, corsair, sea robber" (source of Spanish, Italian pirata, Dutch piraat, German Pirat), literally "one who attacks (ships)," from Greek peirates "brigand, pirate," literally "one who attacks," from peiran "to attack, make a hostile attempt on, try," from peira "trial, an attempt, attack," from PIE root *per- (3) "to try, risk" (cognates: Latin peritus "experienced," periculum "trial, experiment; attempt on or against; enterprise;" see peril). An Old English word for it was s?sceaea. Meaning "one who takes another's work without permission" first recorded 1701; sense of "unlicensed radio broadcaster" is from 1913.
pirate (v.): 1570s, from pirate (n.). Related: Pirated; pirating.

1. Pirate copies of the video are already said to be in Britain.: 該錄像帶的盜版版本據說已在英國出現。

5. Of course I knew Max was a rogue, a bit of a pirate.: 我當然知道麥克斯是個無賴，是個小流氓。