| 单词 | pillaging |
| 释义 | pillaging (once / 8968 pages) n WORD FAMILY pillaging: pillagings+/pillage: pillaged, pillager, pillages, pillaging/pillager: pillagers USAGE EXAMPLES“Pillaging the classics for profit is not a good look.” The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) They would later endure the merciless pillaging and wars of Mongol marauders. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) My children were pillaging the garden for ripe tomatoes and fallen plums. New York Times(Oct 25, 2016) n the act of stealing valuable things from a place Syn|Hypo|Hyper pillage, plundering banditry the practice of plundering in gangs rape, rapinethe act of despoiling a country in warfare looting, robberyplundering during riots or in wartime despoilation, despoilment, despoliation, spoil, spoilation, spoliationthe act of stripping and taking by force devastation, ravagingplundering with excessive damage and destruction depredation, predationan act of plundering and pillaging and marauding sackthe plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter aggression, hostility violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。