onfall

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A falling on or upon; an attack, onset, or assault.
    — Are we to have military onfall; and death also by starvation?
  2. A fall of rain or snow.
  3. The fall of the evening.
动词 v.
  1. To fall on or upon. transitive
    — [...] have been formed and ripened in large numbers, especially on the shaded ower sides of the leaves, the mycelium is practically exhausted, and as these processes are completed towards the end of the summer, the leaf so onfalls.
  2. To assault, attack. transitive

词形变化

onfalls plural onfalls present,singular,third-person onfalling participle,present onfell past onfallen participle,past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English onfal, onfalle, equivalent to on- + fall. Cognate with Dutch aanval (“an attack, assault”), German Anfall (“an attack, seizure, fit”), Swedish anfall (“an attack, offensive, assault”). Compare also Middle English onfallynge (“an onslaught, attack”).
词源 2
From Middle English onfal, onfalle, equivalent to on- + fall. Cognate with Dutch aanval (“an attack, assault”), German Anfall (“an attack, seizure, fit”), Swedish anfall (“an attack, offensive, assault”). Compare also Middle English onfallynge (“an onslaught, attack”).
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