affront英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.

— Such behavior is an affront to society.
A hostile encounter or meeting. obsolete

动词 v.

To insult intentionally, especially openly. transitive

— But beſides, that ſuch a thought was inconſiſtent with the gravity of a Senate, how can one imagine that the Fathers would have dared affront the Wife of Aurelius, and the Mother of Commodus, or that they could think of giving offence to an Empreſs whom they afterwards Defied, and to an Emperor that was the darling of the army and people?
To meet defiantly; to confront. transitive

— to affront death
To meet or encounter face to face. obsolete,transitive

— Many Iſlands there lie all over that ſea : but one above the reſt, and moſt renowned, is Tazata : for thither all the ſhipping from out of the Caſpian ſea and the Scythian Ocean, doe bend their courſe and there arrive : for that all the ſea coaſts doe affront the Levant, and turne into the Eaſt.

词形变化

affronts present,singular,third-person affronting participle,present affronted participle,past affronted past affronts plural

词汇关系

衍生词

affrontable affrontee affrontery affrontive affrontment

词源

词源 1

From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front). By surface analysis, af- + front.

词源 2

From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front). By surface analysis, af- + front.