assault  /əs'ɔlt/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  assault
  攻擊,突襲(vt.)襲擊,突襲(vi.)動武

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Assault \As*sault"\, n. [OE. asaut, assaut, OF. assaut, asalt,
     F. assaut, LL. assaltus; L. ad + saltus a leaping, a
     springing, salire to leap. See {Assail}.]
     1. A violent onset or attack with physical means, as blows,
        weapons, etc.; an onslaught; the rush or charge of an
        attacking force; onset; as, to make assault upon a man, a
        house, or a town.
  
              The Spanish general prepared to renew the assault.
                                                    --Prescott.
  
              Unshaken bears the assault Of their most dreaded
              foe, the strong southwest.            --Wordsworth.
  
     2. A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, as words,
        arguments, appeals, and the like; as, to make an assault
        on the prerogatives of a prince, or on the constitution of
        a government. --Clarendon.
  
     3. (Law) An apparently violent attempt, or willful offer with
        force or violence, to do hurt to another; an attempt or
        offer to beat another, accompanied by a degree of
        violence, but without touching his person, as by lifting
        the fist, or a cane, in a threatening manner, or by
        striking at him, and missing him. If the blow aimed takes
        effect, it is a battery. --Blackstone. Wharton.
  
              Practically, however, the word assault is used to
              include the battery.                  --Mozley & W.
  
     Syn: Attack; invasion; incursion; descent; onset; onslaught;
          charge; storm.

資料來源(3): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Assault \As*sault"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assaulted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Assaulting}.] [From {Assault}, n.: cf. OF. assaulter,
     LL. assaltare.]
     1. To make an assault upon, as by a sudden rush of armed men;
        to attack with unlawful or insulting physical violence or
        menaces.
  
              Insnared, assaulted, overcome, led bound. --Milton.
  
     2. To attack with moral means, or with a view of producing
        moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or
        unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a
        reputation or an administration.
  
              Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . .
              Assault his ears.                     --Dryden.
  
     Note: In the latter sense, assail is more common.
  
     Syn: To attack; assail; invade; encounter; storm; charge. See
          {Attack}.

資料來源(4): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  assault
       n 1: close fighting during the culmination of a military attack
       2: a threatened or attempted physical attack by someone who
          appears to be able to cause bodily harm if not stopped
       3: thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946
       4: the crime of forcing a woman to submit to sexual intercourse
          against her will [syn: {rape}, {violation}, {ravishment}]
       v 1: attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger
            assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him
            regularly" [syn: {assail}, {set on}, {attack}]
       2: force (someone) to have sex against their will; "The woman
          was raped on her way home at night" [syn: {rape}, {ravish},
           {violate}, {dishonor}, {dishonour}, {outrage}]
       3: attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the
          left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack},
           {round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {snipe}]