encroach

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪŋˈkɹəʊtʃ/|/ɛŋˈkɹəʊtʃ/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Encroachment. rare
    — All that we see, all colours of all shade, By encroach of darkness made?
动词 v.
  1. to seize, appropriate obsolete,transitive
  2. To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory. intransitive
    — [D]rowſie drouping Age, / incroaching on apace, / With penſiue Plough will raze your hue / and Beauties beames deface.
  3. To advance gradually beyond due limits. intransitive

词形变化

encroaches present,singular,third-person encroaching participle,present encroached participle,past encroached past incroach alternative encroaches plural

词汇关系

衍生词
encroachable encroacher encroachment unencroachable unencroached

词源

词源 1
From Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier (“to seize”), from Old French en- + croc (“hook”), of Germanic origin. More at crook.
词源 2
From Middle English encrochen, from Old French encrochier (“to seize”), from Old French en- + croc (“hook”), of Germanic origin. More at crook.
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