“marauding”的英英意思

单词 marauding
释义 I. marauding, vbl. n.|məˈrɔːdɪŋ|
[f. maraud v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. maraud.
1755Connoisseur No. 58 ⁋3 They might also be of great use in maroding, or getting in forage.1839W. Irving Wolfert's R. (1855) 7 The yeomanry who had suffered from these maraudings.1858Froude Hist. Eng. IV. xviii. 4 A population who were trained from their cradles in licensed marauding.
attrib.1764Goldsm. Hist. Eng. in Lett. I. 128 The history of a maroding party in one of our modern gazettes.1879Froude Cæsar x. 118 His campaign was not a marauding raid.
II. maˈrauding, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That marauds.
1798Malthus Popul. (1817) I. 184 Surrounded by marauding neighbours.1874L. Stephen Hours in Library (1892) II. vii. 227 He watches the marauding sparrows.

 

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