单词 | reattack |
释义 | reattackv. transitive. To launch a renewed attack on (a place, person, or thing); to attack again. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] > attack again reassault1637 reattack1654 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack spiritually > again reattack1654 1654 R. Loveday tr. G. de Costes de La Calprenède Hymen's Præludia: 2nd Pt. iii. 133 A few dayes after, my Master..re-attacqu'd the Citty so vigorously. 1700 in J. H. Burton Darien Papers (1849) 314 A rumor of our reattacking Calledonia. a1711 T. Ken Psyche ii, in Wks. (1721) IV. 195 And if I chance my Watch to slack, My Soul they re-attack. 1795 Ld. Nelson Let. 7 Feb. in Dispatches (1845) II. 6 I was the cause of re-attacking Bastia, after our Generals gave it over, from not knowing the force. 1834 Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 21 Nov. 1/2 The dogs soon re-attacked him, when he was handled in a manner that must have eventually prevented any resuscitation taking place a second time. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 5/1 The Kaffirs are re-attacking Lorenzo Marquez. 1948 G. Pincus & K. V. Thimann Hormones I. i. 3 The problem of posterior pituitary hormones has been reattacked and real progress..has been made. 2001 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 4 June (Metro section) 1 The dog got out again and reattacked the owner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1654 |
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