Word · Frequency #15290
booties
战利品
booties is the plural of booty.
goods seized from an enemy in war
- 1.
A form of prize which, when a ship was captured at sea, could be distributed at once.
一种奖品形式,当船只在海上被捕获时,可以立即分配
- 2.
goods or money obtained illegally
非法获得的财物或金钱
- 3.
Plunder taken from an enemy in time of war, or seized by piracy.
战争中从敌人处夺取的战利品,或通过海盗行为获得的掠夺物。
- 4.
Something that has been stolen or illegally, mischievously, or greedily obtained from elsewhere.
从其他地方偷窃或非法、恶作剧或贪婪地获得的东西
赃物；一种奖品形式,当船只在海上被捕获时,可以立即分配；非法获得的财物或金钱；战争中从敌人处夺取的战利品,或通过海盗行为获得的掠夺物。；从其他地方偷窃或非法、恶作剧或贪婪地获得的东西
In use
The pirates divided the booty equally among themselves.
The thieves escaped with their booty in the middle of the night.
After the raid, they hid the booty in a secret cave.
seize/take/steal booty
The pirates seized the booty from the ship.
海盗们夺取了船上的战利品。
share the booty
They split the booty equally among the crew.
他们把所有赃物平分给了全体船员。
booty from/of [source]
booty常与of或from连用表示来源。
The museum displayed the booty of ancient conquests.
Connections
Collocations
- pirate booty
- 海盗掠夺的财物
- The old map supposedly leads to buried pirate booty.那张旧地图据说是通往海盗埋藏的财宝。
- war booty
- 战利品
- The soldiers returned with their war booty from the conquered city.士兵们带着从被征服城市缴获的战利品归来。
- stolen booty
- 被盗的赃物
- The police found the stolen booty hidden in the warehouse.警方在仓库里找到了被盗的赃物。
- split the booty
- 分赃
- The gang decided to split the booty evenly after the heist.劫案后，团伙决定平分赃物。
- seize booty
- 夺取战利品
- The pirates seized booty from every ship they encountered.海盗们从遇到的每艘船上抢夺财物。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
boot（靴子）一词加y，想象海盗把赃物塞进靴子里带走，booty即战利品、赃物。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical accounts、pirate stories、legal documents 该义项表示战争或海盗掠夺的财物，或非法获取的钱物，通常用于历史叙述、文学或法律语境，口语中不常用。
Grammar Note
复数形式 booties 较少用
Pronunciation & Spelling
beauty, duty, fruity, cutie, and snooty all end in the same /uːti/ sound as booty. Sooty looks similar but is usually pronounced /ˈsʊti/, so it does not rhyme with booty.
Learn the forms together
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