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Pillage Latin Figurative Pilidʒ V./N 抢劫,掠夺 英 N./V

单词 pillage
音标 ['pilidʒ]
解释 v./n. 抢劫,掠夺
红宝书 【英】 n./v. 抢劫,掠夺( looting; plundering; ravage)
【记】 来自pill(抢劫)+age
字源 pillage (n.)
late 14c., "act of plundering" (especially in war), from Old French pilage (14c.) "plunder," from pillier "to plunder, loot, ill-treat," possibly from Vulgar Latin *piliare "to plunder," probably from a figurative use of Latin pilare "to strip of hair," perhaps also meaning "to skin" (compare figurative extension of verbs pluck, fleece), from pilus "a hair" (see pile (n.3)).
pillage (v.)
"plunder, despoil," 1590s, from pillage (n.). Related: Pillaged; pillaging. The earlier verb in English was simply pill (late Old English), which probably is from Latin pilare.
不择手段背单词 n. /v. (战争中用武力)抢劫, 掠夺 = plunder = ravage
【记】pill药丸, age年龄: 到了吃摇头丸的年龄, 比较费钱, 只好抢劫了.
趣味全助记 【记】pillar柱子 + age上年纪→见过清华园历史久远的石柱子吗?圆明园剩下的石柱子,这是被抢劫的象征

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