喜樂美語
  1. 1vB2/ˈbɜːrɡəl/ · /ˈbɜːɡəl/闖空門行竊

    To go into a building such as a house, a flat, or a shop and steal things from it, especially when nobody is there.

    示範例句 · Example

    Their house was burgled while they were away on holiday.

    逐字他們的房子在他們去度假不在的時候被闖空門偷竊了。

    「burgle」講的是「闖進一棟建築物裡偷東西」，中文最接近的說法就是「闖空門」——通常是趁沒有人在的時候。它後面接的是地方（burgle a house / a shop / an office），不是被偷的東西，也不是人。可以想成英文把這三個動詞分工好了：steal 後面接東西（steal a bike），rob 後面接人或銀行、商店（rob a bank），burgle 後面接房子這種建築物。這個字英式英文才用，美式英文說 burglarize；而且日常最常見的是被動 be burgled（我們家被闖空門了），因為說話的人通常不知道是誰做的。

    常見搭配

    • be burgled

      被闖空門

      to have someone go into your home or building and steal things

      We've been burgled three times since we moved here.

    • get burgled

      被闖空門（口語）

      to be burgled — the everyday spoken way to say it

      They got burgled while they were at the beach.

    • burgle a house / a flat

      闖進住家行竊

      to go into a home and steal things from it

      He was caught burgling a house on our street.

    • try to burgle somewhere

      試圖闖入行竊

      to attempt to break in and steal, without succeeding

      Someone tried to burgle the sports hall, but the alarm went off.

    意思相近

    burglarizebreak intoraidrob

core核心畫面

Think of a house with nobody home. Someone gets in — through a window, a forced door — takes what they want, and leaves. The word carries that whole picture in one verb: the getting-in and the taking, done to a building.

一棟沒人在的房子。有人從窗戶、從被撬開的門進去，拿走值錢的東西，再走掉。這個動詞一個字就包住了整件事——「侵入」加上「偷走」，而且對象一定是建築物（房子、公寓、店面）。英文裡 steal 是偷東西，rob 是搶人或搶銀行（用威脅），burgle 則專指這種闖進屋子裡拿東西的行為。屋主通常不在場，回到家才發現東西沒了、抽屜被翻過——這種「事後才知道」的感覺，就是 burgle 特有的氣味。

同家族的字

過去式 burgled過去分詞 burgled-ing burgling三單 burgles

意思相近

burglarizebreak intoraidrob

原始詞典資料2 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

burgleverb/ˈbɜːɡl̩/

  • 1

    To commit burglary.

    • In St. Louis, burglars burgle by daylight
    • The New York World has coined a new verb -- "to burgle."
  • 2

    hobbieslifestylesportsTo take the ball legally from an opposing player.

    • And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.
    • I'm surprised you have anything left to curate, Mr Bradford. Fake alarm system on the front wall, single mortise lock on the door, windows that won't shut properly. Why don't you hang up a notice saying 'Please Burgle Me'?

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