Word · Frequency #14509
loot
洗劫；掠夺；（游戏中）搜刮
to steal goods from a place during a war, riot, or similar unrest; in video games, to take items from defeated enemies
常用于战争、暴乱或骚乱中；游戏中指从敌人处获取物品。
- 1.
Synonym of plunder, to seize by violence, particularly during the capture of a city during war or (video games) after successful combat.
抢劫,尤指战争期间攻占城市或(电子游戏)战斗胜利后强行夺取
- 2.
Synonym of rob, to steal something from someone by violence or threat of violence.
抢夺,以暴力或暴力威胁从某人处偷窃
抢劫；劫掠；抢劫,尤指战争期间攻占城市或(电子游戏)战斗胜利后强行夺取；抢夺,以暴力或暴力威胁从某人处偷窃；洗劫；抢夺
In use
During the riot, vandals looted several stores in the city center.
The thieves were looting the warehouse when the police arrived.
He always loots the enemy's base for supplies after winning a battle in the game.
loot + sth
直接加被抢夺的物品。
The thieves looted all the jewelry from the store.
小偷洗劫了商店里所有的珠宝。
loot + place
直接加被洗劫的地点。
The army looted the entire village during the war.
军队在战争期间洗劫了整个村庄。
be looted
被动形式，常用be looted of sth表示被抢走某物。
Connections
Collocations
- loot the city
- 洗劫城市
- After the siege, the soldiers looted the city.围城之后，士兵们洗劫了这座城市。
- loot stores
- 洗劫商店
- Mobs broke windows and looted stores overnight.暴徒砸碎窗户，一夜之间洗劫了商店。
- loot the corpse
- 搜刮尸体
- In the game, players can loot the corpse for rare items.在游戏中，玩家可以搜刮尸体来获取稀有物品。
- loot a bank
- 抢劫银行
- The robbers planned to loot a bank after midnight.劫匪计划在午夜后抢劫一家银行。
- loot antiquities
- 掠夺文物
- Authorities arrested men who looted antiquities from the temple.当局逮捕了从神庙掠夺文物的男子。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：loot 形近 look——先 look（看）到值钱东西，再 loot（掠夺）走。想象劫匪扫视一眼就下手抢。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：news reports about riots or war、video game discussions loot 作动词时正式度视场合而定：在新闻报道或历史叙述中较正式，在电子游戏语境中偏口语。选择时可根据具体情境判断。
Grammar Note
该动词通常作及物动词，后接被抢夺的对象。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 /uːt/ 结尾，与 loot 押韵：boot, hoot, root, shoot, suit, fruit。注意拼写相似的 lot /lɒt/ 和 loft /lɒft/ 发音不同；loo /luː/ 缺少末尾的 /t/，也不完全押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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