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- an attack made by troops coming out from a position of defence出击; 突袭; 突围。
1.1
- an operational flight by a single military aircraft（单架军用飞机的）出击。
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- a short trip or journey短程旅行：
I went on a shopping sortie.
我去逛了逛, 买了点东西。
- (sorties, sortied, sortieing)no obj. come out from a defensive position to make an attack出击。
词源
late 18th cent.: from French, feminine past participle of sortir 'go out'.