Word · Frequency #4422
sally
突围;出击
A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
- 1.
A willow.
柳树。
- 2.
A sortie of troops from a besieged place against an enemy.
被围困地点的部队对敌军发起的出击。
- 3.
A kind of stonefly.
一种石蝇
- 4.
Any tree that resembles a willow.
任何类似柳树的树。
- 5.
A sudden rushing forth.
突然冲出。
- 6.
A wren.
鹪鹩
- 7.
An object made from the wood of a willow.
用柳树木材制成的物品。
- 8.
A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
机智的言论或妙语,通常以对话者为代价。
- 9.
An excursion or side trip.
短途旅行或支线旅行
- 10.
A tufted woollen part of a bellrope, used to provide grip when ringing a bell.
钟绳上的羊毛束,用于敲钟时抓握
妙语;俏皮话;短途旅行;远足;突进;猛冲;柳树;似柳的树;柳木制品
In use
The family took a pleasant sally into the countryside at the weekend.
After studying all morning, she decided to make a sally to the park for some fresh air.
Their sally to the old town was filled with delightful discoveries.
make a sally
sally作名词常与make搭配。
The soldiers made a sally from the castle.
士兵们从城堡发动了一次出击。
a sally into
Their sally into enemy territory was risky.
他们进入敌方领土的突击有风险。
a sally against
Connections
Collocations
- a sally into
- 远足到
- They made a sally into the countryside.他们远足到乡村。
- a sally from
- 从…出击
- The soldiers launched a sally from the fort.士兵们从堡垒出击。
- a sally against
- 对…的突击
- The troops executed a sally against the enemy.部队对敌人发动了突击。
- a brief sally
- 短暂的远足
- We took a brief sally to the market.我们去市场短暂远足。
- a successful sally
- 成功的出击
- The successful sally broke the siege.成功的出击打破了围困。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sally读音像“萨利”,想象一个叫萨利的战士突然出击突击,记忆名词“突击、出击、远足”。
Context & Register
多用于文学作品或正式描述,指远足或短途旅行,语气较文雅,属于中性偏正式语体。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words rally, dally, valley, pally, galley, and tally all have the same stressed vowel and ending /æli/, so they rhyme with sally. Note that 'ally' is pronounced /ˈælaɪ/ and does not rhyme.
Learn the forms together
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