Word · Frequency #15869
burgle
破门盗窃；入室盗窃
to enter a building illegally and steal things; commit burglary
- 1.
v commit a burglary; enter and rob a dwelling
破门盗窃
破门盗窃
In use
A man tried to burgle our house while we were on holiday.
The police caught a burglar burgling a flat in the middle of the night.
The new locks make it much harder for anyone to burgle this apartment.
burgle sth
后接被盗的房屋、商店、办公室等地点/建筑作宾语。
They burgled the office and stole two computers.
他们闯入办公室盗窃，偷走了两台电脑。
be burgled
被动语态常用，施动者通常不提及，主语常是被盗的人或场所。
Our flat was burgled while we were on holiday.
我们度假期间家里遭了入室盗窃。
Verb forms
base burgle · third person burgles · -ing burgling · past burgled · past participle burgled
破门盗窃（尤指入室行窃）；规则动词，过去式和过去分词均为 burgled。
Common mistakes
The thief burgled my wallet.The thief stole my wallet.
burgle 的宾语应是处所或住户（如 a house、someone），不是被偷走的物品；表示偷走具体物品要用 steal。把 burgled 改为 stole 后，句意与原句一致。
He burgled into the house.He burgled the house.
burgle 是及物动词，直接跟处所作宾语，不需要介词 into；这里可能是受了 break into 的影响而误加 into。去掉 into 后结构才正确。
Connections
Collocations
- burgle a house
- 入室盗窃房子
- The thieves burgled the house while the owners were on holiday.小偷趁房主度假时破门盗窃了那所房子。
- burgle a flat
- 入室盗窃公寓
- Someone burgled her flat last week.上周有人闯进她的公寓盗窃。
- get burgled
- 遭入室盗窃
- We got burgled while we were at work.我们上班时家里遭入室盗窃了。
- burgle a shop
- 盗窃商店
- The gang burgled a shop and stole thousands of pounds.这伙人盗窃了一家商店，偷走了数千英镑。
- burgle a home
- 入室盗窃住宅
- Burglars burgled three homes in the same street.窃贼在同一条街上入室盗窃了三户住宅。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：burgle 与 burglar（入室窃贼）形似，想象那个窃贼正在屋里翻找，即破门入室盗窃。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话、非正式书面语 burgle 通常用于口语和非正式书面语，比较常见于英式英语；正式文件或较严谨的写作中可说 commit a burglary。美式英语里这个词听感可能偏非正式，学习时可以留意地区差异。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 burgle（/ˈbɜːɡəl/）真正押韵的词是 gurgle（/ˈɡɜːɡəl/）。bugle、bungle、bangle、burble、purple 都是形近词，但发音不同：bugle 读 /ˈbjuːɡəl/，bungle 读 /ˈbʌŋɡəl/，bangle 读 /ˈbæŋɡəl/，burble 读 /ˈbɜːbəl/，purple 读 /ˈpɜːpəl/。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.