assailant

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n. 攻击者 [法] 攻击者, 行凶者

发音

其它 /əˈseɪlənt/

词形变化

assailants 复数 assailants

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Someone who attacks or assails another violently, or criminally.

    攻击者

  2. 2.

    A hostile critic or opponent.

    比喻 引申义

    1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne and Son and T. Cadell, Volume 5, Book 9, Chapter 3, p. 41, […] the assailants of the quill have their honour as much at heart as the assailants of the sword.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Assailing; attacking.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

attacker aggressor assaulter

上位词 2

offender wrongdoer

下位词 10

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词源

From Old French assaillant, from the verb assaillir, from Late Latin assalīre, from Latin ad (“to, towards”) + salīre (“to jump”). Equivalent to assail + -ant.

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