affray

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack. countable,uncountable
    — A 22-year-old man was also arrested in connection with the incident for affray towards attending paramedics.
  2. A tumultuous assault or quarrel. countable,uncountable
    — The patient, who had a full view of the skirmish, was so tickled at the affray, that he burst into a laughter, which broke the quinsey, and cured him.
  3. The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. countable,uncountable
    — The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder.
  4. Terror. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — full of ghastly fright and cold affray
动词 v.
  1. To startle from quiet; to alarm. archaic,transitive
  2. To frighten; to scare; to frighten away. archaic,transitive
    — That voice doth us affray.

词形变化

affrays present,singular,third-person affraying participle,present affrayed participle,past affrayed past afray alternative affrays plural afray alternative

词汇关系

近义词
fray brawl alarm terror fright
衍生词
affrayer
相关词
afraid fray

词源

词源 1
From Middle English affraien (“to terrify, frighten”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”) and Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”) (compare modern French effrayer), from Vulgar Latin *exfridāre.
The second part of this is in turn from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). Cognate with Old High German fridu (“peace”), Old English friþ (“peace, frith”), Old English frēod (“peace, friendship”), German Friede (“peace”). More at free, friend.
词源 2
From Middle English affraien (“to terrify, frighten”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman afrayer (“to terrify, disquiet, disturb”) and Old French effreer, esfreer (“to disturb, remove the peace from”) (compare modern French effrayer), from Vulgar Latin *exfridāre.
The second part of this is in turn from Frankish *friþu (“security, peace”), from Proto-Germanic *friþuz (“peace”), from *frijōną (“to free; to love”), from Proto-Indo-European *prāy-, *prēy- (“to like, love”). Cognate with Old High German fridu (“peace”), Old English friþ (“peace, frith”), Old English frēod (“peace, friendship”), German Friede (“peace”). More at free, friend.
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