marauding
marauding — 形容詞
- maraudingpositive
- more maraudingcomparative
- most maraudingsuperlative
1. moving around a region in a group, attacking people and taking or wrecking what
劫掠的
成群四處襲擊、搶奪、破壞的
moving around a region in a group, attacking people and taking or wrecking what they find
Villagers locked their doors when marauding robbers rode into the valley at night.
劫掠的強盜夜裡騎馬闖進山谷時，村民們紛紛鎖上了門。
collocation: marauding + plural noun (marauding robbers)
Rania's grandmother remembered the marauding soldiers who burned farms across the plain.
Rania 的祖母還記得那些在平原上燒毀農場的掠奪成性的士兵。
Eve closed her shop early because marauding gangs were roaming the city streets.
因為成群劫掠的幫派在街上四處遊蕩，Eve 提早關了她的店。
marauding + gangs: groups causing danger as they move around
Ilan's village built a high wall to keep out marauding thieves from the hills.
Ilan 的村莊築起一道高牆，擋住從山上來劫掠的小偷。
Marauding groups stripped the empty houses of food, tools, and even the doors.
一群群掠奪者洗劫了空屋，連食物、工具，甚至門板都不放過。
- marauding soldiers