burglar

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bur·glar /ˈbɜːɡlə $ ˈbɜːrɡlər/ ●●○ noun [countable]  STEALsomeone who goes into houses, shops etc to steal things 小偷，窃贼 → robber, thief, cat burglar► see thesaurus at thief

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burglar• He got into bed as carefully as a burglar climbing through a window.• A 79-YEAR-OLD man was struck with a hammer by a burglar who broke into his home, Teesside Crown Court heard yesterday.• One does not normally anticipate the presence of a burglar.• Police believe the burglar got in through the kitchen window.• Trying to find out for certain if you were the burglar, and laying a little trap for you if you were.Origin burglar (1500-1600) Anglo-French burgler, from Medieval Latin burglator, from burgare “to burgle”, from Latin burgus “defended place”

bur·glar nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus to someone goes into houses, who shops etc steal

burglar
bur‧glar /ˈbɜːɡlə $ ˈbɜːrɡlər/ noun [countable]someone who goes into houses, shops etc to steal things ⇨ robber, thief, cat burglar

burg·larBrE /ˈbɜːɡlə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɜːrɡlər/ 🔊 nouna person who enters a building illegally in order to steal 破门盗贼；入室窃贼