housebreaker是什么意思？

housebreaker

英['haʊsbreɪkə(r)] 美['haʊsbreɪkə(r)]

• n. 侵入家宅者，拆屋者，强盗侵入家宅者，强盗；

复数：housebreakers;

例句

• The stranger was run off as a housebreaker. 那陌生人被当作入宅行窃者被轰走了.
• When he heard a noise, the housebreaker ran out ( of the house ) . 入室 行窃者听到响声就跑掉了.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  侵入住宅者;入室行窃者
  A housebreaker is someone who enters another person's house by force, for example by breaking the locks or windows, in order to steal their possessions.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a burglar who unlawfully breaks into and enters another person's house
  2. a wrecker of houses;
  "in England a housewrecker is called a housebreaker"