| 单词 | affray |
| 释义 | affray From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishCrimeaffrayaf‧fray /əˈfreɪ/ noun [countable, uncountable] lawSCCa noisy fight in a public place, or when someone is involved in such a fightExamples from the Corpusaffray• Yesterday Fulcher, 28, appeared before Teesside Crown Court and admitted affray.• Lowe is also charged with causing an affray.• He was sorry about the outcome of an affray that he had not started and in no way wanted.• Benjamin Turner, 18, of Twickenham, London, denies harming him and affray.• Student Fay, 22, was cleared of wounding and affray.• The section puts it beyond argument that there is no defence that the affray took place in private.• The superstitious 35-year-old singer and impressionist was remanded on bail in his absence charged with affray.Origin affray (1300-1400) Old French affreer “to surprise and frighten”, from Vulgar Latin exfridare |
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