rifle

Compared meaning: to enter or search a place and steal (verb).

比较义项：闯入或搜查某处进行抢夺（动词）。

• rifle 本词

  Emphasizes quickly searching through a specific container or space (a bag, drawer, room) to find and steal something; usually small-scale and not violent; often used as 'rifle through'.

  强调迅速翻找某个容器或空间（如包、抽屉、房间）以寻找并偷走东西；通常规模较小，不涉及暴力；常用作“rifle through”。

  She rifled through his desk drawers searching for the missing letter.

  她翻遍了他的书桌抽屉，寻找那封丢失的信。

• foray

  Describes a brief, sudden raid or incursion into a place, often military or exploratory; stresses the sudden, short action itself rather than how much was stolen; frequently used with 'into'.

  指对某地发动一次短暂而突然的突袭或闯入，常用于军事或探索性行动；强调这一突然行动本身，而非偷走了多少东西；常与“into”连用。

  Rebel soldiers forayed into the enemy camp at night to seize supplies.

  叛军士兵夜里突袭敌营，抢夺补给。

• loot

  Focuses on opportunistic stealing that happens during chaos, disorder, riots or disasters, often by ordinary people grabbing whatever they can; implies lawlessness rather than planning.

  侧重于在混乱、动荡、骚乱或灾难期间进行的趁乱行窃，往往是普通人随手抢走能拿到的东西；隐含无法无天，而非事先策划。

  Looters smashed shop windows and looted electronics during the blackout.

  停电期间，抢劫者砸碎商店橱窗，趁乱抢走电子产品。

• plunder

  Suggests large-scale, forceful, often systematic robbery of a place's wealth or resources, historically linked to pirates, soldiers or invaders; can also apply figuratively to exploiting resources.

  表示对某地财富或资源进行大规模、使用暴力、往往有组织的抢劫，历史上常与海盗、士兵或侵略者相关；也可比喻性地指过度掠夺资源。

  Invading armies plundered the city's temples and carried off its gold.

  入侵的军队掠夺了这座城市的神庙，抢走了里面的黄金。

All four mean to steal by force or in a rush. Rifle means quickly searching a bag or room for something to take. Foray means a sudden, brief raid into a place. Loot means stealing during chaos or disorder. Plunder means large-scale, forceful robbery.

这四个词都表示以急速或强力手段偷取财物，但情境和力度不同：rifle 侧重快速翻找容器或空间偷东西；foray 强调突然发动的短暂袭击；loot 指趁混乱随手抢夺；plunder 强调大规模、有组织、常带暴力的掠夺。这里不比较 rifle 作名词表示“步枪”、foray 作名词表示“初次尝试／涉足”、loot 作名词表示“赃物”这些其他意义。