highwayman

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英 [ˈhaɪweɪmən]word uk audio image

美 [ˈhaɪˌwemən] word us audio image

  • n.
    (旧时)拦路抢劫的强盗(通常骑马持械)

单词词源

highwayman 拦路抢劫

highway,公路,man,人。即公路干道上抢劫的人,原指骑马的马匪。

双语例句

1. A highwayman comes riding , up to the old inn-door .
强盗快马飞奔,来到老客栈的门口。
2. This mirrors the true story of captain meadows taylor who published " confessions of a thug " in 1839 , a bestseller based on a murderous highwayman named ameer ali .
这跟麦道.泰勒上尉于1839年根据真实故事出版的畅销小说“暴徒的自白”相照应,该书以凶恶的强盗阿梅尔.阿里为原型。
3. So young , tight-lipped sheppard , still in his teens , only five feet four inches tall , and very slender and pale , became a petty thief , then a highwayman , with no future to hope for except the gallows or rival 's bullet .
年纪轻轻、沉默寡言的谢泼德,身高仅有五英尺四英寸,身材瘦削,脸色苍白,尚未成年就成了行窃好手,继而拦路抢劫。除了绞刑架或对手的枪弹外,他没有未来可以期待。
4. It is said that at one time a highwayman lived in this house .
据说有个强盗曾经在这个房子里住过。
5. She also tells of being robbed a highwayman , meeting a hungarian princess at a ball , and the specifics of how her husband lost their guidebook .
她还讲述了自己被强盗拦路抢劫,在舞会遇见匈牙利公主,以及她的丈夫如何遗失旅行指南的细节。

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