buccaneers是什么意思？

buccaneers

• n. 海盗( buccaneer的名词复数 )，掠夺者；

例句

• There were six of the buccaneers; another man was left alive. 屋中一共只有六名海盗, 此外活着的那个也死了.
• This was the island where buccaneers hid their loot. 这是过去海盗们藏赃物的岛屿.
• The buccaneers remained rooted to the ground, their eyes starting from their heads. 海盗们一下子像在地上生了根, 眼珠都快掉下来了.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （尤指17和18世纪侵掠西班牙船只的）海盗
  A buccaneer was a pirate, especially one who attacked and stole from Spanish ships in the 17th and 18th centuries.
• N-COUNT
  （尤指商业上的）冒险家
  If you describe someone as a buccaneer, you mean that they are clever and successful, especially in business, but you do not completely trust them.