onslaught

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɒn.slɔːt/|/ˈɔnsloːt/    美 /ˈɔnsloːt/|/ˈɑn.slɔt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A fierce attack.
  2. A large number of people or things resembling an attack. broadly
    — They opened the doors and prepared for the onslaught of holiday shoppers.

词形变化

onslaughts plural anslaight alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
onslaughter
相关词
slew

词源

From on- + slaught. Formed after Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to aen + slag, although slaught corresponds to Middle Dutch slacht; slag is cognate with the English weaving term sley. Compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag.
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