| 单词 | arrest |
| 释义 | arrest —arrestable, adj. —arrestment, n. /euh rest"/, v.t. 1. to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 2. to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 3. to check the course of; stop; slow down: to arrest progress. 4. Med. to control or stop the active progress of (a disease): The new drug did not arrest the cancer. n. 5. the taking of a person into legal custody, as by officers of the law. 6. any seizure or taking by force. 7. an act of stopping or the state of being stopped: the arrest of tooth decay. 8. Mach. any device for stopping machinery; stop. 9. under arrest, in custody of the police or other legal authorities: They placed the suspect under arrest at the scene of the crime. [1275-1325; (v.) ME aresten < AF, MF arester, < VL *arrestare to stop (see AR-, REST2); (n.) ME arest(e) < AF, OF, n. deriv. of v.] Syn. 1. apprehend. 2. secure, rivet, occupy. 3. stay. See stop. 5. detention, apprehension, imprisonment. 7. stoppage, halt, stay, check. |
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