A marauder is a person — or sometimes an animal — that moves around looking for something to seize, smash, or kill. The verb behind it is maraud: to roam in that raiding, hunting way.

A marauder是指 a person一個人 or sometimes an animal有時候也指動物 that moves around到處遊蕩 looking for something to seize, smash, or kill尋找可搶奪、砸毀或殺害的目標的人。The verb behind it背後的動詞 is就是 maraudmaraud：to roam in that raiding, hunting way意思是用那種劫掠、狩獵的方式四處遊蕩。

Marauder is the one who does it; marauding is the adjective you put in front of a group (a marauding gang; marauding elephants in the fields).

Marauder是指 the one who does it實際去做這件事的人；marauding而marauding 是 the adjective形容詞，you put in front of a group放在一群人或動物前面：a marauding gang像a marauding gang，一群到處劫掠的暴徒；marauding elephants in the fields或marauding elephants in the fields，在田裡橫衝直撞的象群。

It is a rather old, slightly story-book word: you meet it in history writing, news about armed bands, and nature films, more than in talk about a pickpocket.

It是 a rather old, slightly story-book word一個有點老派、帶點故事書味道的字：you meet it你會在 in history writing歷史寫作、news about armed bands講武裝集團的新聞、and nature films還有自然紀錄片裡看到它，more than in talk about a pickpocket比在講扒手的對話裡常見得多。

A thief who quietly steals a phone is not a marauder. The word wants movement, a search, and harm, not one small steal.

A thief who quietly steals a phone一個偷偷摸走手機的小偷 is not a marauder不算是marauder。The word這個字 wants movement, a search, and harm要的是移動、搜尋和傷害，not one small steal而不是一次小小的偷竊。

Bandits, raiding soldiers, and hungry animals are the usual pictures.

Bandits土匪、raiding soldiers劫掠的士兵、and hungry animals還有飢餓的動物，are the usual pictures才是這個字常見的畫面。