Word · Frequency #11475
plunder
/ˈplʌndɝː/
noun
掠夺物；赃物；战利品
Goods or money obtained illegally, especially by force during war or disorder.
- 1.
An instance of plundering.
掠夺行为
- 2.
goods or money obtained illegally
非法获得的财物
- 3.
The loot attained by plundering.
通过掠夺获得的战利品。
掠夺；抢劫；掠夺行为；非法获得的财物；通过掠夺获得的战利品。；抢夺
In use
The pirates divided their plunder among the crew.
The museum's collection was once filled with plunder from colonial expeditions.
The thieves buried their plunder in a hidden cave.
Connections
Collocations
- wartime plunder
- 战时掠夺物
- The museum displays gold artifacts that were wartime plunder.博物馆展出了作为战时掠夺物的黄金工艺品。
- the plunder of the city
- 对城市的洗劫
- The plunder of the city lasted three days.对城市的洗劫持续了三天。
- share of the plunder
- 分得的赃物
- Each soldier received a share of the plunder.每个士兵都分得了一份赃物。
- ill-gotten plunder
- 非法攫取的赃物
- He hid his ill-gotten plunder in a cave.他把非法攫取的赃物藏在一个山洞里。
- pirate plunder
- 海盗掠夺的财物
- Legends tell of pirate plunder buried on the island.传说岛上有海盗掠夺的财物被埋藏着。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
plunder 拼写里藏着 under：想象赃物藏在地板下面——掠夺来的财物就是 plunder。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：historical narratives、news reports、official/legal accounts plunder 作名词时通常较正式，多用于历史叙述、新闻报道或官方/法律语境，指掠夺行为或掠夺所得的财物。日常口语中较少使用，较随意时可换用 loot、stolen goods 等词。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的词：thunder, blunder, under, wonder（注意 wonder 拼作 -onder 但发音相同）。拼写陷阱：plunge 以 plun- 开头却读 /plʌndʒ/；launder 含有 under 的拼写却读 /ˈlɔːndɚ/，都不与 plunder 押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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.