| 单词 | assault |
| 释义 | assault —assaultable, adj. —assaulter, n. /euh sawlt"/, n. 1. a sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition. 2. Law. an unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another, with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner. 3. Mil. the stage of close combat in an attack. 4. rape1. v.t. 5. to make an assault upon; attack; assail. [1200-50; ME asaut < OF < ML assaltus (r. L assultus), equiv. to L as- AS- + saltus a leap (sal(ire) to leap + -tus suffix of v. action)] Syn. 1. onset, charge; invasion, aggression. 5. See attack. |
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