onslaught
英['?nsl??t]
美['ɑnsl?t]
- n. 猛攻；突擊
詞態變化
復數:?onslaughts;
助記提示
1. on + slaught "blow" (somehow from or on analogy of Dutch slach "blow", but the spelling influenced by obsolete English slaught "slaughter").
中文詞源
onslaught 攻擊，進攻
on,在上，向上，-slaught,攻擊，屠殺，詞源同slay,slaughter.
英文詞源
- onslaught (n.)
- 1620s, anslaight, somehow from or on analogy of Dutch aanslag "attack," from Middle Dutch aenslach, from aen "on" (see on) + slach "blow," related to slaen "slay." Spelling influenced by obsolete (since c. 1400) English slaught (n.) "slaughter," from Old English sleaht (see slaughter (n.)). No record of its use in 18c.; apparently revived by Scott.
雙語例句
- 1. The onslaught of orders should keep aircraft manufacturers busy for some time.
- 紛至沓來的訂單應該會讓飛機制造商忙碌一段時間。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the enemy onslaught on our military forces
- 敵軍對我軍的進攻
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.
- 這個城市反抗敵人的猛攻達兩個星期之久.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. The clash of our onslaught hurtled across the field.
- 我們猛攻的聲音傳遍戰場.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. Our army tried to withstand the enemy onslaught.
- 我們的部隊奮力抵擋敵人的猛攻.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》