highwayman
英 ['haɪweɪmən]
美['haɪ'wemən]
- n. 拦路强盗；公路响马
词态变化
复数: highwaymen;
中文词源
highwayman 拦路抢劫
highway,公路，man,人。即公路干道上抢劫的人，原指骑马的马匪。
英英释意
- 1. a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it
英文词源
- highwayman (n.)
- "one who travels the highways with intent to rob people" (often on horseback and thus contrasted to a footpad), 1640s, from highway + man.
实用场景例句
- The choice traditionally presented by highwayman is supposed to have only one sensible answer.
- 这个通常由劫匪提出的选择,理应只有唯一明智的答案.
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