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buccaneer

/buhk-uh-neer/US // ˌbʌk əˈnɪər //UK // (ˌbʌkəˈnɪə) //

海盗分子,海盗,海员,海盗者

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of the piratical adventurers who raided Spanish colonies and ships along the American coast in the second half of the 17th century.
    • : any pirate.

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Examples

  • Indeed, there are whole generations who only know him in his slurry buccaneer phase from Pirates of the Caribbean.

  • As a politician, Sarkozy is as brutal as any buccaneer, and he lets the world see it.

  • A buccaneer lives for the excitement of deciphering the mysteries of human experience.

  • A buccaneer wants status, too, but only if that status is justly earned and sustained through the quality of his work.

  • Dangerous situation of the brig among the islands of Buccaneer's Archipelago.

  • Off the Buccaneer's Archipelago the tides are strong and rise to the height of thirty-six feet.

  • They proceeded on their voyage, having obtained the services of an old buccaneer who knew the coast of Central America well.

  • The curtain was snatched aside, and the buccaneer took a dozen strides into the place and stopped, looking round.

  • This woman, descended from Morgan the buccaneer, has more than once turned the scales of an Irish election.