foray
英 ['f?re?]
美['f?re]
- n. 突袭；侵略；攻击
- vi. 袭击
- vt. 劫掠
- n. (Foray)人名；(法)福雷
TOEFLTEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
复数:?forays;
助记提示
1. 谐音“佛掠”。
2. forage => foray.
2. forage => foray.
中文词源
foray 尝试，突袭
词源同forage, 觅食。引申词义尝试，突袭等。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Most guests make at least one foray into the town.
- 多数客人至少去过一次城里。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. the company's first foray into the computer market
- 该公司的初次涉足计算机市场
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- 3. A foray to your supermarket will supply all the ready-made foods for an excellent picnic.
- 去一趟超市就可以将一次完美野餐所需的现成食物置办妥当。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Emporio Armani, the Italian fashion house, has made a discreet foray into furnishings.
- 意大利时装品牌安普里奥·阿玛尼谨慎进入家居用品市场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. It will be Buffett second major foray into Wall Street.
- 这是巴菲特第二次大举进攻华尔街.
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