英语词汇“accost”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

accostaccost /əˈkɔst, əˈkɑst/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYaccost

Origin: 1500-1600 French accoster, from Latin costa rib, side

VERB TABLE

accost

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	accost
	he, she, it	accosts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	accosted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have accosted
	he, she, it	has accosted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had accosted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will accost
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have accosted

Continuous Form
Present	I	am accosting
	he, she, it	is accosting
	you, we, they	are accosting
Past	I, he, she, it	was accosting
	you, we, they	were accosting
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been accosting
	he, she, it	has been accosting
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been accosting
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be accosting
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been accosting

to go toward someone you do not know and speak to him or her in an impolite or threatening way: Two men accosted her in front of her apartment building.