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A bandit is a , especially one who works with a group and attacks people on the road. In old stories, bandits wait in the hills or the forest and stop .
A bandit is a robberBandit是強盜，especially one who works with a group and attacks people on the road尤其是那種跟一群人一起、在路上打劫的。In old stories, bandits wait in the hills or the forest在老故事裡，bandit會埋伏在山裡或森林裡 and stop travellers攔下過路的旅人。
In the news the word can still mean an armed , sometimes with a film-like feel. It is a little old-fashioned or dramatic in everyday British and American English — thief and are the plain words — but games and movies love it.
In the news the word can still mean an armed robber在新聞裡，這個詞還是可以指持械搶匪，sometimes with a film-like feel有時候帶點電影感。It is a little old-fashioned or dramatic in everyday British and American English在日常英美英文裡，這個詞有點老派或誇張——thief and robber are the plain wordsthief（小偷）和robber（搶匪）才是平常用的詞——but games and movies love it但遊戲和電影很愛用它。
Though actually, the first meaning is not “a member of a band.” It comes from an Italian word for a person who has been banned: pushed outside the law. A bandit is an outlaw. That is why a lone bandit is still a bandit, with no group at all.
Though actually不過其實，the first meaning is not "a member of a band"最初的意思不是「一群人裡的成員」。It comes from an Italian word for a person who has been banned它來自義大利文，指被驅逐的人：pushed outside the law被推到法律之外。A bandit is an outlawBandit就是outlaw（不法之徒）。That is why a lone bandit is still a bandit這就是為什麼獨自一人的bandit還是bandit，with no group at all就算完全沒有同夥。
組成Borrowed from Italian bandito, “outlawed,” from the verb bandire, “to ban.” That goes back to Late Latin and to Frankish *bannan, “to ban.” Bandito is a doublet: a sister word that entered English by a slightly different path.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
banditnoun/ˈbændɪt/
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One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
- Do you recollect a story my nurse told us of a Sicilian bandit, the terror of the country?—how he saved a young child from a cottage on fire, brought it up delicately, and far removed from his own pursuits; while, at his execution, his chief regret was the future provision for that boy?
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An outlaw.
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One who cheats others.
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aeronauticsaerospaceaviationAn aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
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slanghobbieslifestylesportsA runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
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derogatorydatedslangSynonym of arse bandit.
banditverb/ˈbændɪt/
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To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
- First, she read the bandit news in the paper, and was rather disappointed to learn that her man had evidently taken a night off from banditing. An imitator of the bandit had made an unsuccessful attempt to hold up a drug-store, and had backed out and run when the nervy proprietor reached for a gun; but that was all.
- As the sanctuary was bandited at least once, it may be that the silver wine cups I have are from the treasure.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。