pirate

n. 海盗；盗版；侵犯专利权者

vt. 掠夺；翻印；剽窃

vi. 做海盗；从事劫掠

中文词源

pirate 海盗

来自拉丁语pirata,水手，海盗，冒险者，来自希腊语peiran,尝试，攻击，来自PIE*per,向前，尝试，词源同forth,expert,peril.

pirate: 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.

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。

5. Of course I knew Max was a rogue, a bit of a pirate.: 我当然知道麦克斯是个无赖，是个小流氓。