foray

名词 foray:

1. a sudden short attack
   同义词：raid, maraud
2. an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)

动词 foray:

1. steal goods; take as spoils
   同义词：plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage
2. briefly enter enemy territory

1. An actor's foray into politics.
   一演员对政治的尝试性介入

for.ay

n.（名词）
A sudden raid or military advance.
突然侵袭：突然的侵袭或军事进攻
A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one`s usual area:
冒险，开创性的尝试：冒险或最初的尝试，尤其是在某人惯常地区之外：
例句：
an actor`s foray into politics.
一演员对政治的尝试性介入

v.（动词）
for.ayed,for.ay.ing,for.ays
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To make a raid.
袭击
To make inroads, as for profit or adventure.
突然袭击：作突然袭击，如为利益或冒险
v.tr.Archaic （及物动词）【古语】
To pillage in search of spoils.
劫掠：为寻找战利品而掠夺

来源：
Middle English forrai
中古英语 forrai
from forraien [to plunder]
源自 forraien [劫掠]
probably back-formation from forreour [raider, plunderer]
可能源自 forreour的逆成词 [袭击者，掠夺者]
from Old French forrier
源自 古法语 forrier
from forrer [to forage] * see forage
源自 forrer [搜掠] *参见 forage