foray
英 ['f?re?]
美['f?re]
- n. 突襲；侵略；攻擊
- vi. 襲擊
- vt. 劫掠
- n. (Foray)人名；(法)福雷
TOEFLTEM8GRE低頻詞擴展詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?forays;
助記提示
1. 諧音“佛掠”。
2. forage => foray.
2. forage => foray.
中文詞源
foray 嘗試，突襲
詞源同forage, 覓食。引申詞義嘗試，突襲等。
英文詞源
- foray
- foray: see food
- foray (n.)
- late 14c., "predatory incursion," Scottish, from the verb (14c.), perhaps a back-formation of Middle English forreyer "raider, forager" (mid-14c.), from Old French forrier, from forrer "to forage," from forrage "fodder; foraging; pillaging, looting" (see forage (n.)). Disused by 18c.; revived by Scott. As a verb from 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. Most guests make at least one foray into the town.
- 多數客人至少去過一次城里。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. the company's first foray into the computer market
- 該公司的初次涉足計算機市場
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. A foray to your supermarket will supply all the ready-made foods for an excellent picnic.
- 去一趟超市就可以將一次完美野餐所需的現成食物置辦妥當。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Emporio Armani, the Italian fashion house, has made a discreet foray into furnishings.
- 意大利時裝品牌安普里奧·阿瑪尼謹慎進入家居用品市場。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It will be Buffett second major foray into Wall Street.
- 這是巴菲特第二次大舉進攻華爾街.
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