| 单词 | rob |
| 释义 | rob I. transitive verb 1. a. (1) < robs me of that which not enriches him — Shakespeare > < robbed the messenger as he left the bank > (2) b. (1) < rob a safe > < where the coyotes gathered most often they had robbed the henhouse — Jean Stafford > (2) < rob a hive of honey > < raising, robbing, baiting, and lowering the traps — Ronald Sercombe > c. < contrive to rob the honey and subvert the hive — John Dryden > 2. a. < speechless death, which robs my tongue from breathing native breath — Shakespeare > < racketeering rings that were robbing guileless citizens — J.A.Morris b. 1904 > < not ready to agree that air power had changed the principles of warfare or robbed sea power of its sovereign values — S.L.A.Marshall > b. < concave surfaces are troublesome in that they tend to focus sound in some spots and rob sound energy from others — J.F.Nickerson > c. 3. 4. a. (1) (2) b. intransitive verb Synonyms: < to rob a bank > < to rob one's partners by embezzlement > < robbed of his good name by slander > plunder suggests despoiling and robbing in force, as by gangs, bandits, or soldiery, or on a massive scale < a band of Tories who were escaping after plundering the home of a patriotic resident — American Guide Series: Connecticut > < went to prison for his activities as head of a ring which plundered at least $75,000,000 from the city — Paul Blanshard > rifle suggests a ransacking or more or less complete despoliation, sometimes done systematically < a boat presently came alongside with a gang of desperadoes, who boarded her, and rifled her of everything valuable — Francis Parkman > < tomb was rifled by the sexton after her burial for the sake of her jewelry which had been buried with her — S.P.B.Mais > loot may add suggestions of extreme reprehensibility, as in situations involving barbarism, desperation, or colossal venality; sometimes it applies to pillaging by undisciplined soldiery or by mobs < looting the bodies of those killed in the wreck > < a group of officials looting the state treasury > thieve may imply stealthy taking of another's possessions, often habitual or accustomed < thousands of these people have, since the liberation, become almost nomads, wandering about, thieving for their food — Ernest Bevin > burglarize technically implies a breaking and entering of premises, often with notable force < the house had been burglarized > < burglarizing fur storage lofts > • - rob the cradle II. |
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