forestall

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue. historical,obsolete
  2. Something situated or placed in front.
动词 v.
  1. To prevent, delay or hinder something by taking precautionary or anticipatory measures; to avert. transitive
    — Fred forestalled disaster by his prompt action.
  2. To preclude or bar from happening, render impossible. transitive
    — In French, an aspired h forestalls elision.
  3. To purchase the complete supply of a good, particularly foodstuffs, in order to charge a monopoly price. archaic
  4. To anticipate, to act foreseeingly.
    — What need a man forestall his date of grief, / And run to meet what he would most avoid?
    Comus
  5. To deprive (with of).
    — All the better; may / This night forestall him of the coming day!
  6. To obstruct or stop up, as a road; to stop the passage of a highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. UK

词形变化

forestalls present,singular,third-person forestalling participle,present forestalled participle,past forestalled past forestalls plural foresteal alternative forsteal alternative forestal alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
forestallable forestaller forestallingly forestallment forestalment unforestalled

词源

词源 1
From Middle English forestallen (“to forestall, intercept, ambush, way-lay”), from forestalle (“a forestalling, interception”), from Old English foresteall (“intervention, hindrance of justice, ambush”), from fore- (“ahead of, before”) + steall (“position”), equivalent to fore- + stall.
词源 2
From Middle English forstal, from Old English foresteall (“an intervention, hindrance (of justice), ambush, assault, offence of waylaying on the highway, fine for such an offence, resistance, opposition”), equivalent to fore- + stall.
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