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/ˈbɜːrɡəl/ · /ˈbɜːɡəl/
To go into a building such as a house, a flat, or a shop and steal things from it, especially when nobody is there.
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過去式 burgled過去分詞 burgled-ing burgling三單 burgles
核心畫面
Think of a house with nobody home. Someone gets in — through a window, a forced door — takes what they want, and leaves. The word carries that whole picture in one verb: the getting-in and the taking, done to a building.
一棟沒人在的房子。有人從窗戶、從被撬開的門進去，拿走值錢的東西，再走掉。這個動詞一個字就包住了整件事——「侵入」加上…更多收起
一棟沒人在的房子。有人從窗戶、從被撬開的門進去，拿走值錢的東西，再走掉。這個動詞一個字就包住了整件事——「侵入」加上「偷走」，而且對象一定是建築物（房子、公寓、店面）。英文裡 steal 是偷東西，rob 是搶人或搶銀行（用威脅），burgle 則專指這種闖進屋子裡拿東西的行為。屋主通常不在場，回到家才發現東西沒了、抽屜被翻過——這種「事後才知道」的感覺，就是 burgle 特有的氣味。原始詞典資料2 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。
burgleverb/ˈbɜːɡl̩/
- 1
To commit burglary.
- In St. Louis, burglars burgle by daylight
- The New York World has coined a new verb -- "to burgle."
- 2
hobbieslifestylesportsTo take the ball legally from an opposing player.
- And when scrum-half Ben Youngs, who had a poor game, was burgled by opposite number Irakli Abuseridze and the ball shipped down the line to Irakli Machkhaneli, it looked like Georgia had scored a try of their own, but the winger's foot was in touch.
- I'm surprised you have anything left to curate, Mr Bradford. Fake alarm system on the front wall, single mortise lock on the door, windows that won't shut properly. Why don't you hang up a notice saying 'Please Burgle Me'?
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。