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accost(v.)

1570年代,“因任何原因并排或面对面地接近”,来自法语 accoster “靠近,并排移动”(古法语 acoster),源自拉丁语 accostare “靠近侧面”,由拉丁语 ad “到”(见 ad-)和 costa “肋骨,侧面”(见 coast(n.))的同化形式组成。现在通常指“接近并与之交谈”(1610年代)。也被用作妓女招揽顾客的动词(1812年)。相关: Accostedaccosting

Infamous houses, he states, are in all parts of the metropolis, but most numerous in small streets, leading from public thoroughfares. "Some of them adjoin churches, chapels, and even the courts of law. There is one locality in which vicious women accost persons as they issue from the door of a chapel on the Sabbath. In another situation, the officiating clergyman while in the pulpit, is in a position to witness the proceedings in a contiguous brothel." [Michael Ryan, M.D., "Prostitution in London," 1839]
他说,臭名昭著的房屋遍布整个大都市,但最多的是在从公共通道通向的小街道上。 “其中一些与教堂、礼拜堂甚至法院相邻。有一个地方,邪恶的女人在安息日从教堂的门口拦住人们。在另一个地方,主持礼拜的牧师在讲坛上,可以看到相邻妓院的情况。” [迈克尔·瑞安(Michael Ryan),《伦敦的卖淫》(Prostitution in London),1839年]

该词起源时间:1570年代