Smuggler 是名词,指"走私者;偷运者",即秘密非法地将货物运进或运出一个国家或地区的人。
/ˈsmʌɡ.lɚ/
The smuggler was caught at the border with illegal goods hidden in his truck.
走私者在边境被抓获,卡车里藏着非法货物。
For centuries, smugglers along the coast devised elaborate networks to evade customs officers and transport contraband goods under the cover of darkness.
几个世纪以来,沿海的走私者们建立了复杂的网络,趁着夜色躲避海关官员,偷运违禁品。
Smuggler 源自低地德语或荷兰语 smokkelen,意为"偷偷搬运"。这个词在17世纪传入英语,当时欧洲各国对贸易征收高额关税,走私活动十分猖獗。词根 smuggle(走私)加上表示"做某事的人"的后缀 -er,构成了 smuggler,即"从事走私活动的人"。