assailant

英语

词源

源自古法语 asaillant，源自动词asaillir (“跳上”)，源自拉丁语 assaliō，源自ad (“朝，向”) + saliō (“跳”)。

发音

• 国际音标^(帮助)：/əˈseɪlənt/

名词

assailant (复数 assailants)

1. 攻击者
   • 2018, Edo Konrad, "Living in the constant shadow of settler violence", +972 Magazine:

     In the village of Aqraba, the Sheikh Saadeh Mosque was set on fire before the assailants graffitied the words “price tag” and “revenge” on its walls.

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2. 〈引〉 激烈的反对者

形容词

assailant (无比较级)

1. 攻击性的
   • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, lines 1687 to 1696.

     But he though blind of sight, / Despis'd, and thought extinguish'd quite, / With inward eyes illuminated, / His fiery virtue roused / From under ashes into sudden flame, / And as an evening dragon came, / Assailant on the perched roosts / And nests in order ranged / Of tame villatic fowl, but as an eagle / His cloudless thunder bolted on their heads.

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异序词

• Alsatians, alsatians