contraband
英 ['kɒntrəbænd]
美 ['kɑntrə'bænd]
- n. 走私；走私货；战时禁运品（等于contraband of war）
- adj. 禁运的；非法买卖的
中文词源
contraband 禁运品contra-, 相对，相反。-ban, 命令，禁令。拼写受band影响。
英文词源
- contraband
- contraband: [16] Contraband means literally ‘proclamation against’ – hence ‘prohibition’. It comes via French contrebande from Italian contrabbando, a compound formed from contra ‘against’ (see CONTRARY) and bando ‘proclamation’ (whose source was late Latin bannus, bannum, a relative of English ban). The sense ‘dealing in prohibited goods’ had already developed before English acquired the word, and rapidly developed through ‘smuggling’ to ‘smuggled goods’.
=> ban, contrary - contraband (n.)
- 1520s, "smuggling;" 1590s, "smuggled goods;" from Middle French contrebande "a smuggling," from older Italian contrabando (modern contrabbando) "unlawful dealing," from Latin contra "against" (see contra) + Medieval Latin bannum, from Frankish *ban "a command" or some other Germanic source (see ban (v.)).
双语例句
- 1. The ship was found not to be carrying any contraband.
- 并未发现这艘船上载有任何违禁物品。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.
- 海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. You don't have any contraband from Shanghai, do you?
- 里面没有上海带来的私货罢?
来自汉英文学 - 围城
- 4. I thought it was only people like Li Mei - t'ing who carried contraband!
- 我以为只有李梅亭这种人带私货!
来自汉英文学 - 围城
- 5. Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.
- 大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。
来自辞典例句