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pirate

noun
 
🔊/ˈpaɪrət/
🔊/ˈpaɪrət/
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  1.  
    (especially in the past) a person on a ship who attacks other ships at sea in order to steal from them（尤指旧时的）海盗
    • There were reports that a pirate ship had come looking for treasure in the cove.有报道称一艘海盗船曾来这个海湾寻宝。
    Topics Transport by waterc1
  2.  
    (often used as an adjective常用作形容词) a person who makes illegal copies of books, computer programs, etc., in order to sell them盗版者；盗印者
    • a pirate edition盗版
    • software pirates软件盗版者
  3. (often used as an adjective常用作形容词) a person or an organization that broadcasts illegally非法播音的人（或组织）
    • a pirate radio station非法电台
    Topics Crime and punishmentc1
    4. see also piracy
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin pirata, from Greek peiratēs, from peirein ‘to attempt, attack’ (from peira ‘an attempt’).

pirate

verb
🔊/ˈpaɪrət/
🔊/ˈpaɪrət/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pirate
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🔊/ˈpaɪrət/
he / she / it pirates
🔊/ˈpaɪrəts/
🔊/ˈpaɪrəts/
past simple pirated
🔊/ˈpaɪrətɪd/
🔊/ˈpaɪrətɪd/
past participle pirated
🔊/ˈpaɪrətɪd/
🔊/ˈpaɪrətɪd/
-ing form pirating
🔊/ˈpaɪrətɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpaɪrətɪŋ/
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  1. pirate something to copy and use or sell somebody’s work or a product without permission and without having the right to do so盗印；窃用
    • pirated computer games盗版电脑游戏
    • Jones was accused of having pirated the scientist’s work.琼斯被指控盗版了该科学家的作品。
    Topics Computersc1, Crime and punishmentc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryPirate is used with these nouns as the object:
    • music
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    Word OriginMiddle English: from Latin pirata, from Greek peiratēs, from peirein ‘to attempt, attack’ (from peira ‘an attempt’).