Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 97
Aspersive (a.) 辱罵的；誣衊的；誹謗中傷的 Tending to asperse; defamatory; slanderous.
Aspersoir (n.) （天主教灑水禮用的）灑水器 An aspergill.
Aspersoria (n. pl. ) of Aspersorium
Aspersorium (n.) 【宗】聖水盤；聖水灑水器 The stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water in Roman Catholic churches.
Aspersorium (n.) A brush for sprinkling holy water; an aspergill.
Aspersorium (n.) The basin or other vessel that holds holy water in Roman Catholic Churches.
Aspersorium (n.) A short-handled device with a globe containing a sponge; used for sprinkling holy water [syn: aspergill, aspersorium].
Aspersorium (n.) (pl. Aspersoria or Aspersoriums) A stoup, basin, or other vessel for holy water.
Aspersorium (n.) Aspergillum.
Asphalt (n.) Alt. of Asphaltum
Asphaltum (n.) 瀝青；鋪裝用柏油 Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found also in many parts of Asia, Europe, and America. See Bitumen.
Asphaltum (n.) A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; asphaltic cement. Artificial asphalt is prepared from coal tar, lime, sand, etc.
Asphalt (v. t.) 以柏油鋪 To cover with asphalt; as, to asphalt a roof; asphalted streets.
Asphalte (n.) Asphaltic mastic or cement. See Asphalt, 2.
Asphaltic (a.) 柏油的 Pertaining to, of the nature of, or containing, asphalt; bituminous. "Asphaltic pool." "Asphaltic slime." -- Milton.
Asphaltic (a.) Containing asphalt; "asphaltic residues".
Asphaltite (a.) 瀝青礦 Asphaltic.
Asphaltite (a.) Asphaltic. -- Bryant.
Asphaltus (n.) See {Asphalt}.
Asphodel (n.) (Bot.) 【植】日光蘭；【希神】常春花；【詩】水仙 A general name for a plant of the genus Asphodelus. The asphodels are hardy perennial plants, several species of which are cultivated for the beauty of their flowers.
Note: The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets is supposed to be the {Narcissus poeticus}. -- Dr. Prior.
Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. -- Milton.
Asphodel (n.) Any of various chiefly Mediterranean plants of the genera Asphodeline and Asphodelus having linear leaves and racemes of white or pink or yellow flowers.
Asphyctic (a.) 窒息的 Pertaining to asphyxia.
Asphyxia (n.) 【醫】窒息；悶死；昏厥 Alt. of Asphyxy
Asphyxy (n.) (Med.) Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of irrespirable gases.
Asphyxy, () Med. jur. A temporary suspension of the motion of the heart and arteries; swooning, fainting. This term includes persons who have been asphyxiated by submersion or drowning; by breathing mephitic gas; by the effect of lightning; by the effect of cold; by heat; by suspension or strangulation. In a legal point of view it is always proper to ascertain whether the person who has thus been deprived of his senses is the victim of another, whether the injury has been caused by accident, or whether it is. the act of the sufferer himself.
Asphyxy, () In a medical point of view it is important to ascertain whether the person is merely asphyxiated, or whether he is dead. The following general remarks have been made as to the efforts which ought to be made to restore a person thus situated,
Asphyxy, () Persons asphyxiated are frequently in a state of only apparent death.
Asphyxy, () Real from apparent death, can be distinguished only by putrefaction.
Asphyxy, () Till putrefaction commences, aid ought to be rendered to persons asphyxiated.
Asphyxy, () Experience proves that remaining several hours under water does not always produce death.
Asphyxy, () The red, violet, or black color of the face, the coldness of the body, the stiffness of the limbs, are not always signs of death.
Asphyxy, () The assistance to persons thus situated, maybe administered by any intelligent person; but to insure success, it must be done without discouragement for several hours together.
Asphyxy, () All unnecessary persons should be sent away; five or six are in general sufficient.
Asphyxy, () The place where the operation is performed should not be too warm.
Asphyxy, () The assistance should be rendered with activity, but without precipitation.
Asphyxia, Asphyxy (n.) (Med.) Apparent death, or suspended animation; the condition which results from interruption of respiration, as in suffocation or drowning, or the inhalation of poisonous or irrespirable gases.
Asphyxia (n.) A condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas.
Asphyxial (a.) 窒息的，昏厥的 Of or relating to asphyxia; as, asphyxial phenomena.
Asphyxiate (v. t.) 使窒息；悶死 To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate.
Note: [Used commonly in the past participle.]
Asphyxiated (p. p. ) Alt. of Asphyxied
Asphyxied (p. p. ) In a state of asphyxia; suffocated.
Asphyxiate (v.) Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" [syn: {smother}, {asphyxiate}, {suffocate}].
Asphyxiate (v.) Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [syn: {suffocate}, {stifle}, {asphyxiate}, {choke}].
Asphyxiate (v.) Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" [syn: {suffocate}, {stifle}, {asphyxiate}].
Compare: Suffocate
Suffocate (v.) (v. t.) 使窒息；把……悶死；扼制，壓制；阻礙 (v. i.) 窒息，呼吸困難；被悶死；受扼制；受阻礙 Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.
[No object] ‘They suffocated in their sleep.’
[With object] ‘She was suffocated by fumes from the boiler.’
Suffocate (v.) Have or cause to have difficulty in breathing.
[No object] ‘He was suffocating, his head jammed up against the back of the sofa.’
[With object] ‘You're suffocating me—I can scarcely breathe.’
Suffocate (v.) Feel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed.
‘He said he'd suffocate if he remained in this house for another hour.’
Asphyxiation (n.) 窒息 The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
Asphyxiation (n.) The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture" [syn: {suffocation}, {asphyxiation}].
Asphyxiation (n.) Killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: {suffocation}, {asphyxiation}].
Aspic (n.) 【詩】毒蛇；（烹調）調味肉汁，肉凍；【植】熏衣草 The venomous asp. [Chiefly poetic] -- Shak. Tennyson.
Aspic (n.) A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.
Aspic (n.) A European species of lavender ({Lavandula spica}), which produces a volatile oil. See {Spike}.
Aspic (n.) A savory meat jelly containing portions of fowl, game, fish, hard boiled eggs, etc. -- Thackeray.
Aspic (n.) Savory jelly based on fish or meat stock used as a mold for meats or vegetables.
ASPIC (Acronyms) Advanced SCSI Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC, SCSI)
Aspidobranchia (n. pl.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.
Aspirant (a.) Aspiring.
Aspirant (n.) （名譽、地位等的）追求者；懷有大志者 [C] [（+after/ for/ to）] One who aspires; one who eagerly seeks some high position or object of attainment.
In consequence of the resignations . . . the way to greatness was left clear to a new set of aspirants. -- Macaulay.
Aspirant (a.) 有抱負的；爭取中的 Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement [syn: {aspirant}, {aspiring(a)}, {wishful}].
Aspirant (n.) An ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: {aspirant}, {aspirer}, {hopeful}, {wannabe}, {wannabee}].
Aspirated (imp. & p. p.) of Aspirate
Aspirating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aspirate
Aspirate (v. t.) 【語】送氣發音，吐氣；【醫】（用吸引器）吸引，吸出 To pronounce with a breathing, an aspirate, or an h sound; as, we aspirate the words horse and house; to aspirate a vowel or a liquid consonant.
Aspirate (n.) 【語】送氣音；h音；氣音字 A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an aspirated sound.
Aspirate (n.) A mark of aspiration ([asper]) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing. -- Bentley.
Aspirate (n.) An elementary sound produced by the breath alone; a surd, or nonvocal consonant; as, f, th in thin, etc.
Aspirate (a.) Alt. of Aspirated
Aspirated (a.) Pronounced with the h sound or with audible breath.
But yet they are not aspirate, i. e., with such an aspiration as h. -- Holder.
Aspirate (n.) A consonant pronounced with aspiration.
Aspirate (v.) Remove as if by suction; "aspirate the wound" [syn: aspirate, draw out, suck out].
Aspirate (v.) Pronounce with aspiration; of stop sounds
Aspirate (v.) Suck in (air).
Aspiration (n.) 熱望，志向，抱負 [C] [U] [（+for/ after/ to）] [+to-v] ；渴望達到的目的；發送氣音；送氣音 [U] The act of aspirating; the pronunciation of a letter with a full or strong emission of breath; an aspirated sound.
If aspiration be defined to be an impetus of breathing. -- Wilkins.
Aspiration (n.) The act of breathing; a breath; an inspiration.
Aspiration (n.) The act of aspiring of a ardently desiring; strong wish; high desire. "Aspirations after virtue." -- Johnson.
Vague aspiration after military renown. -- Prescott.
Aspiration (n.) A will to succeed.
Aspiration (n.) A cherished desire; "his ambition is to own his own business" [syn: {ambition}, {aspiration}, {dream}].
Aspiration (n.) A manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath.
Aspiration (n.) The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: {inhalation}, {inspiration}, {aspiration}, {intake}, {breathing in}].
Aspirator (n.) 【化】水流抽氣機；【醫】吸引器；抽吸器 An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction.
Aspirator (n.) An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood.
Aspiratory (a.) Of or pertaining to breathing; suited to the inhaling of air
Aspired (imp. & p. p.) of Aspire
Aspiring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aspire
Aspire (n.) Aspiration. [Obs.] -- Chapman.
Aspire (v. i.) 熱望，嚮往；懷有大志 [to/ after] [+to-v] To desire with eagerness; to seek to attain something high or great; to pant; to long; -- followed by to or after, and rarely by at; as, to aspire to a crown; to aspire after immorality.
Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; Aspiring to be angels, men rebel. -- Pope.
Aspire (v. i.) To rise; to ascend; to tower; to soar.
My own breath still foments the fire, Which flames as high as fancy can aspire. -- Waller.
Aspire (v. t.) To aspire to; to long for; to try to reach; to mount to. [Obs.]
That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. -- Shak.
Aspire (v.) Have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal [syn: {draw a bead on}, {aspire}, {aim}, {shoot for}].
Aspirement (n.) 熱望，志向，抱負 [C] [U] [（+for/ after/ to）] [+to-v]；渴望達到的目的 Aspiration. [Obs.]
Aspirer (n.) 熱望者；（名位等之）追求者 One who aspires.
Aspirer (n.) An ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes" [syn: aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabee].
Aspiring (a.) That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv. -- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
Aspiring (a.) Desiring or striving for recognition or advancement [syn: aspirant, aspiring(a), wishful].
Aspish (a.) Pertaining to, or like, an asp.
Asportation (n.) 帶走；（尤指）劫走 The felonious removal of goods from the place where they were deposited.
Note: It is adjudged to be larceny, though the goods are not carried from the house or apartment. -- Blackstone.
Asportation, () The act of carrying a thing away; the removing a thing from one place to another. Vide Carrying away; Taking.
Asprawl (adv. & a.) Sprawling.
Asquat (adv. & a.) Squatting.
Asquint (adv.) With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint.
Asquint (a.) (Used especially of glances) Directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy; "her eyes with their misted askance look"- Elizabeth Bowen; "sidelong glances" [syn: askance, askant, asquint, squint, squint-eyed, squinty, sidelong].
Ass (n.) (Zool.) A quadruped of the genus Equus ({E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is patient, slow, and sure-footed, and has become the type of obstinacy and stupidity. There are several species of wild asses which are swift-footed.
Ass (n.) A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. -- Shak.
Asses' Bridge. [L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, "The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another." [Sportive] "A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge." -- F. Harrison.
To make an ass of one's self, To do or say something very foolish or absurd.
Ass (n.) The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass].
Ass (n.) A pompous fool.
Ass (n.) Hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse.
Ass (n.) Slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup].
Ass, () Frequently mentioned throughout Scripture. Of the domesticated species we read of, (1.) The she ass (Heb. 'athon), so named from its slowness (Gen. 12:16; 45:23; Num. 22:23; 1 Sam. 9:3). (2.) The male ass (Heb. hamor), the common working ass of Western Asia, so called from its red colour. Issachar is compared to a strong ass (Gen. 49:14). It was forbidden to yoke together an ass and an ox in the plough (Deut. 22:10). (3.) The ass's colt (Heb. 'air), mentioned Judg. 10:4; 12:14. It is rendered "foal" in Gen. 32:15; 49:11. (Comp. Job 11:12; Isa. 30:6.) The ass is an unclean animal, because it does not chew the cud (Lev. 11:26. Comp. 2 Kings 6:25). Asses constituted a considerable portion of wealth in ancient times (Gen. 12:16; 30:43; 1 Chr. 27:30; Job 1:3; 42:12). They were noted for their spirit and their attachment to their master (Isa. 1:3). They are frequently spoken of as having been ridden upon, as by Abraham (Gen. 22:3), Balaam (Num. 22:21), the disobedient prophet (1 Kings 13:23), the family of Abdon the judge, seventy in number (Judg. 12:14), Zipporah (Ex. 4:20), the Shunammite (1 Sam. 25:30), etc. Zechariah (9:9) predicted our Lord's triumphal entrance into Jerusalem, "riding upon an ass, and upon a colt," etc. (Matt. 21:5, R.V.).
Of wild asses two species are noticed, (1) that called in Hebrew _'arod_, mentioned Job 39:5 and Dan. 5:21, noted for its swiftness; and (2) that called _pe're_, the wild ass of Asia (Job 39:6-8; 6:5; 11:12; Isa. 32:14; Jer. 2:24; 14:6, etc.). The wild ass was distinguished for its fleetness and its extreme shyness. In allusion to his mode of life, Ishmael is likened to a wild ass (Gen. 16:12. Here the word is simply rendered "wild" in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version, "wild-ass among men").
ASS, (n.) A public singer with a good voice but no ear. In Virginia City, Nevada, he is called the Washoe Canary, in Dakota, the Senator, and everywhere the Donkey. The animal is widely and variously celebrated in the literature, art and religion of every age and country; no other so engages and fires the human imagination as this noble vertebrate. Indeed, it is doubted by some (Ramasilus, _lib. II., De Clem._, and C. Stantatus, _De Temperamente_) if it is not a god; and as such we know it was worshiped by the Etruscans, and, if we may believe Macrobious, by the Cupasians also. Of the only two animals admitted into the Mahometan Paradise along with the souls of men, the ass that carried Balaam is one, the dog of the Seven Sleepers the other. This is no small distinction. From what has been written about this beast might be compiled a library of great splendor and magnitude, rivalling that of the Shakespearean cult, and that which clusters about the Bible. It may be said, generally, that all literature is more or less Asinine.
"Hail, holy Ass!" the quiring angels sing; "Priest of Unreason, and of Discords King!" Great co-Creator, let Thy glory shine: God made all else, the Mule, the Mule is thine!" G.J.
Asafetida, Asafoetida (n.) The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant ({Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also assafoetida.]
Assafoetida (n.) Same as {Asafetida}. Assagai
Asafetida, Asafoetida (n.) 阿魏（學名：Ferula assafoetida）是一種印度香料，又名阿虞、興渠、薰渠、哈昔尼、芸臺等 [1]。這種香草在西域有出產，但中國不常見，是一種葉子近似芫荽的植物。The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant ({Ferula asafoetida}) of Persia and the East Indies. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also {Assafoetida}.].
Compare: Ferula
Ferula (n.) 大茴香； = ferule (v. t.) 用戒尺責打 A ferule. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Compare: Ferule
Ferule (n.) (Historical) 戒尺；（學校的）紀律；管教 (v. t.) 用戒尺打。A flat ruler with a widened end, formerly used for beating children.
Ferula (n.) A ferule. [Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl.
Ferula (n.) The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.
Ferula (n.) [Capitalized] A genus of plants of the parsley family {Apiaceae} (of the order {Umbelliferae}), including some yielding {asafetida}. Members include {Ferula asafoetida} ({Ferula foetida}), the giant fennel ({Ferula communis)}, and {Ferula orientalis}.
Asafetida (n.) The brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic [syn: {asafetida}, {asafoetida}].
Assagai (n.) Alt. of Assegai
Assegai (n.) A spear used by tribes in South Africa as a missile and for stabbing, a kind of light javelin.
Assagai (n.) The slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa [syn: assegai, assagai].
Assai () (Mus.) A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.
Assailed (imp. & p. p.) of Assail
Assailing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assail
Assail (v. t.) 攻擊，襲擊 [（+with）]；質問；責罵；困擾；使煩惱 To attack with violence, or in a vehement and hostile manner; to assault; to molest; as, to assail a man with blows; to assail a city with artillery.
No rude noise mine ears assailing. -- Cowper.
No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. -- Keble.
Assail (v. t.) To encounter or meet purposely with the view of mastering, as an obstacle, difficulty, or the like.
The thorny wilds the woodmen fierce assail. -- Pope.
Assail (v. t.) To attack morally, or with a view to produce changes in the feelings, character, conduct, existing usages, institutions; to attack by words, hostile influence, etc.; as, to assail one with appeals, arguments, abuse, ridicule, and the like.
The papal authority . . . assailed. -- Hallam.
They assailed him with keen invective; they assailed him with still keener irony. -- Macaulay.
Syn: To attack; assault; invade; encounter; fall upon. See {Attack}.
Assail (v.) Attack someone physically or emotionally; "The mugger assaulted the woman"; "Nightmares assailed him regularly" [syn: {assail}, {assault}, {set on}, {attack}].
Assail (v.) Launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week" [syn: {attack}, {assail}] [ant: {defend}].
Assail (v.) Attack in speech or writing; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" [syn: {attack}, {round}, {assail}, {lash out}, {snipe}, {assault}]
Assail (v.) (Formal) [ T ] 攻擊，襲擊；抨擊 To attack .omeone violently or criticize someone strongly.
// The victim had been assailed with repeated blows to the head and body.
// He was assailed with insults and abuse as he left the court.
Assail (v.) (Formal) [ T often passive ] 困擾；使苦惱 To cause someone to experience a lot of unpleasant things.
// To be assailed by doubts/ fears/ problems.
Assailable (a.) 易受攻擊的；有隙可乘的；可訾議的 Capable of being assailed.
Assailable (a.) Not defended or capable of being defended; "an open city"; "open to attack" [syn: assailable, undefendable, undefended, open].
Assailant (a.) 攻擊的；襲擊的 Assailing; attacking. -- Milton.
Assailant (n.) 攻擊者；襲擊者 One who, or that which, assails, attacks, or assaults; an assailer.
An assailant of the church. -- Macaulay.
Assailant (n.) Someone who attacks [syn: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter].
Assailer (n.) One who assails.
Assailment (n.) The act or power of assailing; attack; assault. [R.]
His most frequent assailment was the headache. -- Johnson.
Assam (Proper Noun) 阿薩姆邦；印度 A state in northeastern India; capital, Dispur. Most of the state lies in the valley of the Brahmaputra River; it is noted for the production of tea.
Assamar (n.) (Chem.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown.
Assamese (a.) Of or pertaining to Assam, a province of British India, or to its inhabitants.
Assamese (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Assam. Assapan
Assamese (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Assam or its people or culture or language.
Assamese (n.) Native or inhabitant of the state of Assam in northeastern India.
Assamese (n.) The Magadhan language spoken by the Assamese people; closely related to Bengali [syn: Assamese, Asamiya].
Assapan (n.) Alt. of Assapanic
Assapanic (n.) (Zool.) The American flying squirrel ({Pteromys volucella}).
Compare: Squirrel
Squirrel (n.) 松鼠 [C] An agile tree-dwelling rodent with a bushy tail, typically feeding on nuts and seeds.
Family Sciuridae: several genera, in particular Sciurus, and numerous species
Squirrel (n.) A related rodent of the squirrel family.
See Ground squirrel, Flying squirrel.
Squirrel (n.) [Mass noun ] 松鼠毛皮 [U] The fur of the squirrel.
Squirrel (v.) (Squirrel something away) [With object] 把……藏起來，儲存 [（+away）] Hide money or something of value in a safe place.
‘The money was squirrelled away in foreign bank accounts.’
Squirrel (v.) [No object, with adverbial of direction] Move in an inquisitive and restless manner.
‘They were squirrelling around in the woods in search of something.’
Compare: Inquisitive
Inquisitive (a.) [(+about)] 好問的；好奇的；過分好奇的；愛打聽的 Having or showing an interest in learning things; curious.
‘His poems reveal an intensely inquisitive mind.
Inquisitive (a.) Unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying.
‘I didn't like to seem inquisitive.’
Assart (n.) (Old law) 開墾；開墾地 The act or offense of grubbing up trees and bushes, and thus destroying the thickets or coverts of a forest. -- Spelman. -- Cowell.
Assart (n.) A piece of land cleared of trees and bushes, and fitted for cultivation; a clearing. -- Ash.
{Assart land}, Forest land cleared of woods and brush.
Assart (v. t.) (v. i. & v. t.) 開墾 To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees. -- Ashmole.
Assassin (n.) [C] 暗殺者；刺客；【史】（大寫）暗殺十字軍的回教祕密團體成員 One who kills, or attempts to kill, by surprise or secret assault; one who treacherously murders any one unprepared for defense.
Assassin (v. t.) To assassinate. [Obs.] -- Stillingfleet.
Assassin (n.) A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [syn: {assassin}, {assassinator}, {bravo}].
Assassin (n.) A member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders.
Assassin (n.) Crim, law. An assassin is one who attacks another either traitorously, or with the advantage of arms or place) or of a number of persons who support him, and kills his victim. This being done with malice, aforethought, is murder. The term assassin is but little used in the common law, it is borrowed from the civil law.
Assassin (n.) [ C ] （通常為政治目的或錢殺死名人或重要人物的）暗殺者，行刺者，刺客 Someone who kills a famous or important person, usually for political reasons or in exchange for money.
// John Lennon's assassin was Mark Chapman.
// She hired an assassin to eliminate her rival.
Assassinated (imp. & p. p.) of Assassinate.
Assassinating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assassinate.
Assassinate (v. t.) 暗殺，對…行刺；詆毀；破壞，糟蹋（名譽等） To kill by surprise or secret assault; to murder by treacherous violence.
Assassinate (v. t.) To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly.
Assassinate (n.) An assassination, murder, or murderous assault.
Assassinate (n.) An assassin.
Assassination (n.) 暗殺；行刺 [C] [U] The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.
Assassination (n.) An attack intended to ruin someone's reputation [syn: {character assassination}, {assassination}, {blackwash}].
Assassination (n.) Murder of a public figure by surprise attack.
Assassination (n.) Crim. law. A murder committed by an assassin. By assassination is understood a murder committed for hire in money, without any provocation or cause of resentment given by the person against whom the crime is directed. Ersk. Inst. B. 4, t. 4, n. 45.
Assassinator (n.) 暗殺者；刺客 [C] An assassin.
Assassinator (n.) A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed; "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors" [syn: {assassin}, {assassinator}, {bravo}].
Assassinous (a.) Murderous.
Assastion (n.) Roasting.
Assault (n.) 攻擊，襲擊；譴責，抨擊 [C] [U] [（+on/ against）]；【律】侵犯人身 [U] 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.
Assault (n.) 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.
Assault (n.) (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.
Assaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Assault.
Assaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Assault.
Assault (v. t.) 攻擊；襲擊；譴責，抨擊；【律】對……施暴 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.
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