marauding的词源

英文词源

maraud (v.)

1690s, from French marauder (17c.), from Middle French maraud "rascal" (15c.), of unknown origin, perhaps from French dialectal maraud "tomcat," echoic of its cry. A word popularized in several languages during the Thirty Years War (Spanish merodear, German marodiren, marodieren "to maraud," marodebruder "straggler, deserter") by punning association with Count Mérode, imperialist general. Related: Marauded; marauding.

中文词源

marauding：打劫的，劫掠的

来自中古法语maraud,无赖，恶棍，来自mar,损害，损毁，-aud,人，含贬义，来自wield,挥舞。引申词义打劫的，劫掠的。

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