| 英语单词 | assailant |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [ə'seɪlənt] 美 [ə'seɪlənt] |
| 中文释义 | n.攻击者 |
| 英语例句 | (1) She was unable to get to grips with her assailant. (2) The doctor fought with his assailant until he ran away. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 她无力与袭击她的人扭打。 (2) 医生和他的攻击者打起来,直到把那人打跑。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A wife who sends a vase sailing at her husband's head might be considered an assailant, or attacker. Or, they might be playing a game of dodgeball with the furniture. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Assailant comes from the Latin ad- meaning "at" and salire meaning "to leap." Leap at someone and you're an assailant — someone who attacks. You'll usually hear this word when lawyers or police are talking about attacks, because most people use its synonym attacker in casual conversation. Have you ever been attacked by ants, looking down to see your foot covered in them? Think of the word ant when you spell the word assailant to remember its ending. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]袭击者;攻击者 Someone's assailant is a person who has physically attacked them. [usu poss N] [FORMAL 正式]
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