Word · Frequency #24433
highwayman
拦路强盗;拦路抢劫者
核心释义
a robber who stops a vehicle and steals from it
- 1.
路劫;拦路强盗
n a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
路劫;拦路强盗;[法] 强盗
用法In use
The old story tells of a highwayman who stopped coaches on the lonely road at night.
用法提示:highwayman是单数名词,指拦路抢劫的强盗,在这里作介词of的宾语。
According to the legend, the highwayman escaped into the forest before the soldiers could catch him.
用法提示:highwayman是单数名词,在句中作主语,表示拦路强盗这个人。
The villagers lived in fear of the highwaymen who robbed travelers near the mountain pass.
用法提示:highwaymen是highwayman的复数形式,作of的宾语,泛指多个拦路强盗。
be + a/an + noun
be a highwayman 用于说明某人的身份,highwayman 的复数形式是 highwaymen。
The man who demanded your money was a highwayman.
向你要钱的那个男人是个拦路强盗。
a/an + noun + who/that + clause
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- notorious highwayman
- 臭名昭著的拦路强盗
- Dick Turpin was a notorious highwayman in 18th-century England.迪克·特平是18世纪英格兰臭名昭著的拦路强盗。
- masked highwayman
- 戴面具的拦路强盗
- The masked highwayman ordered the coachman to stop.那个戴面具的拦路强盗命令车夫停车。
- held up by a highwayman
- 遭到拦路强盗抢劫
- The travelers were held up by a highwayman on the road to London.旅客们在去伦敦的路上遭到了拦路强盗抢劫。
- highwayman on horseback
- 骑马的拦路强盗
- A highwayman on horseback stopped the carriage.一个骑马的拦路强盗拦下了马车。
- highwayman's loot
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
highway(公路)上的 man(人),拦住过往车辆抢钱——就是"拦路强盗"。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:historical fiction、history books、old tales 该词较为陈旧,通常出现在历史小说、历史叙述或老故事中,日常口语很少使用。比较常见于书面和文学语境,但不必理解为特别正式的语体。
语法说明Grammar Note
复数形式为 highwaymen。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
以上词语均可帮助对比 highwayman 的拼写或发音:highway 与 highwayman 前部的 /haɪweɪ/ 相同;其余词与 highwayman 一样以非重读的 -man /mən/ 结尾。注意:它们都不是完全押韵,因为 highwayman 的重读元音 /aɪ/ 之后还有 /weɪ/。
一起学习词形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.