rape

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rape [rape rapes raped raping] verb, noun BrE [reɪp] NAmE [reɪp]
verb ~ sb
to force sb to have sex with you when they do not want to by threatening them or using violence
see also ↑rapist
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. late Middle English Anglo-Norman French rap raper Latin rapere ‘seize’ n. sense 3 late Middle English Latin rapum rapa ‘turnip’

Thesaurus:
rape verb T
•She had been raped in her own home.
assault • • abuse • • molest •
brutally rape/assault/abuse sb
sexually assault/abuse/molest sb

Example Bank:
•She was attacked and brutally raped.
•She was viciously raped at knifepoint.
•She was worried about getting raped on her way home.
•She had been raped in her own home at the age of fifteen.

 
noun
1. uncountable, countable the crime of forcing sb to have sex with you, especially using violence
•He was charged with rape.
•a rape victim
•an increase in the number of reported rapes
see also ↑date rape, ↑rapist
2. singular ~ (of sth) (literary)the act of destroying or spoiling an area in a way that seems unnecessary
3. (also ˌoilseed ˈrape)uncountable a plant with bright yellow flowers, grown as food for farm animals and for its seeds that are used to make oil
•a field of rape
•refined rape oil

Word Origin:
n. senses 1 to 2 and v. late Middle English Anglo-Norman French rap raper Latin rapere ‘seize’ n. sense 3 late Middle English Latin rapum rapa ‘turnip’

Example Bank:
•The rape victim was able to give a good description of her attacker.
•There has been an increase in the number of reported rapes.

 
See also: ↑oilseed rape

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  violation, assault, ravishment, rapine, colza, Brassica napus, spoil, despoil, violate, plunder, ravish, dishonor, dishonour, outrage