pirate: [15] A pirate is etymologically someone who makes an ‘attempt’ or ‘attack’ on someone. The word comes via Latin pīrāta (where the notion of a ‘sea-robber’ first emerged) from Greek peirātés ‘attacker, marauder’, a derivative of the verb peiran ‘attempt, attack’. This came from the same base, *per- ‘try’, as produced English experience, expert, peril, repertory, etc. => experience, expert, peril, repertory
pirate (n.)
c. 1300 (mid-13c. as a surname), from Latin pirata "sailor, corsair, sea robber" (source of Spanish, Italian pirata, Dutch piraat, German Pirat), literally "one who attacks (ships)," from Greek peirates "brigand, pirate," literally "one who attacks," from peiran "to attack, make a hostile attempt on, try," from peira "trial, an attempt, attack," from PIE root *per- (3) "to try, risk" (cognates: Latin peritus "experienced," periculum "trial, experiment; attempt on or against; enterprise;" see peril). An Old English word for it was sæsceaða. Meaning "one who takes another's work without permission" first recorded 1701; sense of "unlicensed radio broadcaster" is from 1913.
pirate (v.)
1570s, from pirate (n.). Related: Pirated; pirating.
双语例句
1. Pirate copies of the video are already said to be in Britain.
该录像带的盗版版本据说已在英国出现。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Ed played at being a pirate.
埃德扮海盗玩。
来自柯林斯例句
3. a pirate radio station
非法电台
来自《权威词典》
4. a pirate's treasure chest
海盗的财宝箱
来自《权威词典》
5. Of course I knew Max was a rogue, a bit of a pirate.