| 单词 | burgle |
| 释义 | burgle From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishburglebur‧gle /ˈbɜːɡəl $ ˈbɜːr-/ verb [transitive] British EnglishSTEALto go into a building and steal things SYN burglarize American EnglishWe’ve been burgled three times.► see thesaurus at steal→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusburgle• He could not see too much that could be done quickly about the criminals who travelled from Wearside and Tyneside to burgle.• He was caught burgling the house of a police officer.• There were far more profitable houses to burgle within a stone's throw of her own modest establishment.Origin burgle (1900-2000) burglar |
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