单词	sortie
释义	sortie1 nounsortie2 verb sortiesor‧tie1 /ˈsɔːti $ ˈsɔːrti/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsortie1 Origin: 1600-1700 French sortir ‘to go out’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES George makes frequent sorties on his private jet. The enemy generally flew very few sorties at night. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Admiral Nagumo received word of his new assignment as he headed back from the futile sortie toward the Marshalls. Not on that day or on any other day did he attempt such a sortie with me. Now everything was ready for the big sortie. Only 24 aircraft were lost during these sorties. The sortie with Black's bishop has cost him time and he has no tangible pressure on d4. The Fortress, N620L, suffered a gear extension malfunction during an airborne sortie and could not extend its right main wheel. The reporters kept sending out the arithmetic of the Goddamned Middle East: sorties flown, bombs dropped, planes lost. This same night saw three Swordfish of 830 Squadron out continuing a series of mine-laying sorties to Tripoli harbour. word sets WORD SETS► Airforce airbase, nounair chief marshal, nounair commodore, nounaircraftman, nounair force, nounairman, nounair raid, nounair strike, nounair vice-marshal, nounbombardier, nounbomber, nouncarpet-bomb, verbdive-bomb, verbdogfight, nounfighter, nounflight lieutenant, nounflying officer, noungeneral, nounnavigator, nounno-fly zone, nounRAF, the, sortie, nounsortie, verbsquadron, nounsquadron leader, nounstaff sergeant, nounstrafe, verbwing commander, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► made ... sortie  We made a sortie from our hotel to the open-air market. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► fly · Braham flew 316 operational sorties and was hit eleven times in forty-one attacks on his aircraft.· By the end of January the allies claimed to have flown over 30,000 sorties.· During the flying, Bob's wife, Marie, flew on one sortie as observer. 1a short flight made by a plane over enemy land, in order to bomb a city, military defences etc:  The US and its allies carried out 44,000 sorties during this period.2a short trip, especially to an unfamiliar place:  We made a sortie from our hotel to the open-air market.3 British English an attempt to do or take part in something newsortie into Australia’s first sortie into the wine trade4 British English an attack in which an army leaves its position for a short time to attack the enemy sortie1 nounsortie2 verb sortiesortie2 verb [intransitive] word sets WORD SETS► Airforce airbase, nounair chief marshal, nounair commodore, nounaircraftman, nounair force, nounairman, nounair raid, nounair strike, nounair vice-marshal, nounbombardier, nounbomber, nouncarpet-bomb, verbdive-bomb, verbdogfight, nounfighter, nounflight lieutenant, nounflying officer, noungeneral, nounnavigator, nounno-fly zone, nounRAF, the, sortie, nounsortie, verbsquadron, nounsquadron leader, nounstaff sergeant, nounstrafe, verbwing commander, noun to make a short attack on an enemy position or a flight over enemy land:  It was five months since the battleship had last sortied from home waters.
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