assault

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈsɒlt/|/əˈsɔːlt/    美 /əˈsɔlt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc. countable,uncountable
    — The army made an assault on the enemy.
  2. A violent verbal attack, for example with insults, criticism, and the like countable,uncountable
    — She launched a written assault on the opposition party.
  3. An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching the person, such as by raising a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at the person and missing. countable,uncountable
  4. The crime whose action is such an attempt. countable,singular,singular-only,uncountable
  5. An act that causes someone to apprehend imminent bodily harm (such as brandishing a weapon). countable,uncountable
  6. The tort whose action is such an act. countable,singular,singular-only,uncountable
  7. A non-competitive combat between two fencers. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To attack, physically or figuratively; to assail. transitive
    — Tom was accused of assaulting another man outside a nightclub.
  2. To threaten or harass. transitive

词形变化

assaults plural assaults present,singular,third-person assaulting participle,present assaulted participle,past assaulted past

词汇关系

近义词
onfall onrush aggression assailment assault attack attempt offense offensive onset onslaught strike
反义词
defense defence
下位词
beating
衍生词
antiassault apesault counterassault cyberassault nonassault reassault microassault assaultable assaultee assaulter assaultive nonassaulted sexually assault unassaulted
相关词
fight
并列词
battery

词源

词源 1
From Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, derived from the past participle of the verb assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.
词源 2
From Middle English assaut, from Old French noun assaut, derived from the past participle of the verb assalir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“at, towards”) + salīre (“jump”). See also assail. Spelling Latinized around 1530 to add an l.
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