assailant

英語

詞源

源自古法語 asaillant，源自動詞asaillir (「跳上」)，源自拉丁語 assaliō，源自ad (「朝，向」) + saliō (「跳」)。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /əˈseɪlənt/

名詞

assailant (複數 assailants)

1. 攻擊者
   • 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〉 激烈的反對者

形容詞

assailant (無比較級)

1. 攻擊性的
   • 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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異序詞

• Alsatians, alsatians