burgles

英 [ˈbɜːɡlz]

美 [ˈbɜːrɡlz]

v.  入室盗窃
burgle的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 破门盗窃；入室盗窃
  If a buildingis burgled, a thief enters it by force and steals things.
  1. I found that my flat had been burgled...
     我发现我的公寓被盗了。
  2. I thought we had been burgled...
     我想我们被盗了。
  3. Two teenagers burgled the home of Mr Jones's mother.
     两个少年闯进了琼斯先生的母亲家里行窃。

in AM, use 美国英语用 burglarize

双语例句

• Some locals speculate that Harris-Moore burgles not for the money but to experience the fantasy of the happy home life he never had as a child.
  一些本地人推测，哈里斯-莫尔盗窃并不是为了金钱，而是为了体验他童年不曾有过的幸福家庭生活。
• He is let out on parole and immediately burgles a house.
  他在被有条件释放后很快就破门盗窃了一家住宅。
• We heard the burgles blowing.
  我们听见号角声响。