释义 |
arrest /ə-restˈ/ transitive verb- To bring to a standstill, check
- To seize
- To catch, fix (eg the attention)
- To apprehend and take into custody (a person) by legal authority
- To seize by warrant
- To take as security (Shakespeare)
intransitive verb To suffer a cardiac arrest noun- The act of arresting
- Seizure by warrant
- Stoppage, failure (eg of an organ or mechanism)
ORIGIN: OFr arester, from L ad to, and restāre to stand still arrestˈable adjective - (of an offence) such that the offender may be arrested without warrant
- Liable to arrest
arrestation /ar-es-tāˈshən/ noun - The act of arresting
- Arrest
arresteeˈ noun - A person prevented by arrestment from making payment or delivery to another until the arrester's claim upon that other is secured or satisfied (Scots law)
- A person legally arrested (N American)
arrestˈer noun - A person who, or thing which, arrests
- A lightning-arrester (qv under lightning)
- (also arrestˈor) a person who makes an arrestment (Scots law)
arrestˈing adjective Striking arrestˈingly adverb arrestˈive adjective Tending to arrest arrestˈment noun - A checking, stopping
- Detention of a person arrested until liberated on bail, or by security (law)
- A process which prohibits a debtor from handing over to his or her creditor money or property until a debt due by that creditor to a third party, the arrester, is paid or secured (Scots law)
arrester gear noun Shock-absorbing transverse cables on an aircraft-carrier's deck for the arrester hook of an alighting aircraft to catch on arrester hook noun A hook put out from an aircraft alighting on an aircraft-carrier, to catch on the arrester gear arrest of judgement noun (law) A delay between conviction and sentence because of possible error cardiac arrest - A heart attack
- Heart failure
under arrest Having been apprehended by legal authority, held in custody |