(historical)a pirate, originally one operating in the Caribbean (史)海盗(最初指出没在加勒比海上的海盗) ■a person who acts in a recklessly adventurous and often unscrupulous way, especially in business (尤指商业上的)冒险家
语源
mid 17th cent. (originally denoting European hunters in the Caribbean): from French boucanier, from boucan 'a frame on which to cook or cure meat', from Tupi mukem