burgle

英 [ˈbɜːɡl]

美 [ˈbɜːrɡl]

v.  入室盗窃

过去分词：burgled　过去式：burgled　现在分词：burgling　第三人称单数：burgles　

BNC.15869 / COCA.38599

牛津词典

verb

• 入室盗窃
  to enter a building illegally, usually using force, and steal from it
  1. We were burgled while we were away (= our house was burgled ) .
     我们外出时家里失窃了。
  2. The house next door was burgled.
     邻居家被盗了。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 破门盗窃；入室盗窃
  If a buildingis burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
  1. I found that my flat had been burgled...
     我发现我的公寓被盗了。
  2. I thought we had been burgled...
     我想我们被盗了。
  3. Two teenagers burgled the home of Mr Jones's mother.
     两个少年闯进了琼斯先生的母亲家里行窃。

in AM, use 美国英语用 burglarize

英英释义

verb

• commit a burglary
  Synonym:burglarizeburglariseheist

双语例句

• He has also been plucked from a chimney where he became stuck while trying to burgle a house, and from the ceiling of a bank where he was pinned by a security device.
  此前，他在潜入一所住宅企图行窃时曾被困在了一座烟囱里，后被他人救出。
• She thought they might be criminals come to burgle the house.
  她想他们可能是来撬窃房内东西的罪犯。
• Two teenagers burgled the home of Mr Jones's mother.
  两个少年闯进了琼斯先生的母亲家里行窃。
• At night everybody would leave home with skeleton keys and shaded lanterns and go and burgle a neighbour's house.
  一到傍晚，他们手持万能钥匙和遮光灯笼出门，走到邻居家里行窃。
• He can trespass, he can burgle.
  他可以到处乱闯，他可以偷。
• I thought we had been burgled
  我想我们被盗了。
• I found that my flat had been burgled
  我发现我的公寓被盗了。