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单词 onfall
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onfall

/ˈɒnfɔːl/
noun
1An attack or onset of disease or other misfortune. In Old English perhaps: specifically †a swelling (obsolete ). Now: specifically ( Scottish ) a sudden cold or fever.
2 Generally. An attack, assault, or onslaught.

Origin

Old English; earliest use found in Bald's Leechbook. Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch aenval (Dutch aanval), Middle Low German anval, German Anfall from the Germanic base of on- + the Germanic base of fall; Old Swedish anfal (Swedish anfall), Danish anfald are after Middle Low German.

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