| 单词 | to assault a fortress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto assault a fortress a. To make a violent hostile attack by physical means upon (a person, army, etc.); to commit an unlawful or criminal assault upon the person of (see assault n. 3). to assault a city or to assault a fortress: (in modern usage) to attack it by a sudden rush of armed men, to storm. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] assail?c1225 to set on ——c1290 saila1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 to set against ——c1330 impugnc1384 offendc1385 weighc1386 checka1400 to lay at?a1400 havec1400 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 rehetea1450 besail1460 fray1465 tuilyie1487 assaulta1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 sturt1513 attempt1546 lay1580 tilt1589 to fall aboard——1593 yoke1596 to let into1598 to fall foul1602 attack1655 do1780 to go in at1812 to pitch into ——1823 tackle1828 vampire1832 bushwhack1837 to go for ——1838 take1864 pile1867 volcano1867 to set about ——1879 vampirize1888 to get stuck into1910 to take to ——1911 weigh1941 rugby-tackle1967 rugger-tackle1967 society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > specific offences > [verb (transitive)] > commit assault upon assault1722 a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 69 Yef he me assawte with werre. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) ii. vii. sig. o.iii As the kynges were sautynge this forsayd cite. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xvii. 5 And assaulted the house of Iason. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) v. ii. 265 Speake to me, Or naked as I am, I will assault thee. View more context for this quotation 1685 N. Crouch Eng. Empire in Amer. i. 21 His Horsemen..assulted Atahaliba's people. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 305 He should commit him to Newgate for Assaulting the Constable. 1860 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) V. xxvi. 206 The next morning Norwich was assaulted. 1884 Daily News 23 June 5/3 Two lads of nine were accused of assaulting a little boy of three. < as lemmas |
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