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- a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory, especially to obtain something; a raid(尤指劫掠)突袭; 袭击:
the garrison made a foray against Richard's camp.
守军突袭了理查德的营地。
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- a brief but spirited attempt to become involved in a new activity or sphere(对新活动领域的)短暂但勇敢的尝试:
my first foray into journalism.
我对新闻业的初次涉足。
no obj., with adverbial of direction
- make or go on a foray进行突袭; 尝试, 涉足:
the place into which they were forbidden to foray.
禁止他们涉足之处。
派生词
forayer
noun词源
Middle English: back-formation from forayer 'a person who forays', from Old French forrier 'forager', from fuerre 'straw' (see FORAGE).