foray

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vi. 侵略, 劫掠, 袭击 n. 侵掠, 侵略, 攻击

发音

UK /ˈfɒɹ.eɪ/
US /ˈfɔɹ.eɪ/
其它 /ˈfɑɹ.eɪ/
AU /ˈfɔɹ.æɪ/

词形变化

forays 复数 forays forayed foraying forays 三单 foraying 现在分词 forayed 过去式 forayed 过去分词

别名

forray forrey

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A brief excursion or attempt, especially outside one's accustomed sphere.

  2. 2.

    A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.

v.
  1. 1.

    To participate in a foray.

  2. 2.

    To do or attempt something outside one's typical area of expertise.

  3. 3.

    To scour an area for goods as part of a foray.

    古体 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

raid

上位词 7

try effort attempt penetration endeavor endeavour incursion

下位词 2

swoop air-raid
动词

同义词 8

strip rifle loot plunder pillage ransack despoil reave

上位词 3

take penetrate perforate

下位词 2

deplume displume

词源

From Middle English forrayen (“to pillage”), a back-formation of forrayour, forreour, forrier (“raider, pillager”), from Old French forrier, fourrier, a derivative of fuerre (“provender, fodder, straw”), from Frankish *fōdar (“fodder, sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“fodder, feed, sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *patrom (“fodder”), *pat- (“to feed”), *pāy- (“to guard, graze, feed”). Cognate with Old High German fuotar (German Futter (“fodder, feed”)), Old English fōdor, fōþer (“food, fodder, covering, case, basket”), Dutch voeder (“forage, food, feed”), Danish foder (“fodder, feed”), Icelandic fóður (“fodder, sheath”). More at fodder, food, forage.

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