a person who steals from a person or place, especially using violence or threats 强盗;盗贼;抢劫犯 a bank robber 银行抢劫犯
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentb1Police are hunting a masked robber who snatched £15 000 from a post office. 警方正在搜捕一个从邮局抢了1.5 万英镑的蒙面强盗。 Robbers escaped with $30 000. 盗贼拿着 3 万美元逃跑了。 Robbers held up a bank at gunpoint. 强盗持枪抢劫了一家银行。 The would-be robber fled empty-handed. 这个准备抢劫的人空着手逃掉了。 The prison sentence ended his career as a bank robber. 被判入狱终结了他银行抢劫犯的职业生涯。 an armed robber 持械抢劫犯
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- armed
- masked
- bank
- …
- band
- gang
- chase
- hunt
- search for
- …
- hold somebody/something up
- snatch something
- steal something
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old French robere, from the verb rober, of Germanic origin.