corsair

英 [k??'se?; 'k??se?] 美[k?r's?r]

近義詞pirate

暢通詞匯

corsair: corsair: [15] Etymologically, a corsair is someone who goes on a ‘course’. Latin cursus (source of English course) was a derivative of Latin currere ‘run’, and meant originally a ‘run’. From this it developed to ‘journey’ and ‘expedition’ to ‘hostile or predatory expedition’, and eventually to the proceeds of such a raid, the ‘plunder’ or ‘booty’. In medieval Latin the term cursārius was derived from it to denote someone who took part in such raids, and this passed into English via Old Italian corsaro, Proven?al corsari, and Old French corsaire.
=> course, hussar
corsair (n.): 1540s, from Middle French corsaire (15c.), from Proven?al cursar, Italian corsaro, from Medieval Latin cursarius "pirate," from Latin cursus "course, a running," from currere "to run" (see current (adj.)). Meaning of the Medieval Latin verb evolved from "course" to "journey" to "expedition" to an expedition specifically for plunder.

1. Xebecs have a history of being corsair ships and they were often seen in the Mediterranean.: 歷史上它們常被作為海盜船只并且頻繁的在地中海一帶活動(dòng).

2. It is said that 14,000 copies of The Corsair were sold in a day.: 據(jù)說,《海盜》一天就銷售了一萬(wàn)四千冊(cè).