| 单词 | assault |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ə'sɔ:lt] |
| 解释 | n.突然袭击；猛袭 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.突然袭击(a suddenly attack)猛袭(a violent attack) 【记】 as+sault=sail; 参考: assail 【例】 He led an assault against the castle. |
| 字源 | assault (n.) late 14c., earlier asaut (c.1200), from Old French asaut, assaut "an attack, an assault, attacking forces" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *adsaltus "attack, assault," from ad "to" (see ad-) + Latin saltus "a leap," from salire "to leap, spring" (see assail). In law by 1580s; historically, assault includes menacing words or actions; battery is an actual blow. assault (v.) early 15c., from Middle French asauter, assauter, from Vulgar Latin *assaltare (see assault (n.)). Related: Assaulted; assaulting. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 攻击(武力或口头上的攻击); 突然袭击(军事攻击中与敌人展开近距离肉搏的最后阶段); 强奸 【例】Sexual assault 性骚扰 【记】saul = sail, 详见: assail |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自sault = sult=跳；ass 屁股 + insult 侮辱→性骚扰 【相关】somersault |
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