assassin
英 [əˈsæsɪn] 美 [əˈsæsn]

n.

暗杀者，刺客；

变形

复数：assassins

英英释义

assassin[ ə'sæsin ]

• n.
  • a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed

    "his assassins were hunted down like animals"; "assassinators of kings and emperors"

    同义词：assassinatorbravo

  • a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. He is a cruel assassin.
   他是个残忍的杀手。
2. The assassin was wanted by the police nationwide.
   那个暗杀者被警方的全国通缉。
3. He fell a victim to the dagger of the assassin.
   他死于刺客的匕首之下。
4. He hired an assassin to kill his competitor.
   他雇用了一名刺客去暗杀他的竞争者。

权威例句

ASSASSIN: A synthesis system for asynchronous control circuits
Oxidative stress--assassin behind the ischemic stroke
Use of plant resin by a bee assassin bug, Apiomerus flaviventris (Hemiptera: Reduviidae).
A Mass-Rearing Method for the Assassin Bug Pristhesancus plagipennis (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Molecular phylogeny of the assassin bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), based on mitochondrial and nuclear ribosomal genes.
The action and composition of the saliva of an assassin bug Platymeris rhadamanthus Gaerst.(Hemiptera, Reduviidae)
Evolutionary History of Assassin Bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Reduviidae): Insights from Divergence Dating and Ancestral State Reconstr...
The architecture and complete sequence of mitochondrial genome of an assassin bug Agriosphodrus dohrni (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
Phylogeny and historical biogeography of ancient assassin spiders (Araneae: Archaeidae) in the Australian mesic zone: evidence for M...
DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE MINIMALLY INVASIVE WITHDRAWAL OF BLOOD FROM ANIMALS BY USING BLOOD-SUCKING ASSASSIN BUGS