[with obj.]approach and address (someone) boldly or aggressively (贸然)上前与…搭讪(或攀谈) reporters accosted him in the street. 记者们在街上到他跟前搭讪。 a man tried to accost the girl on the way to school. 一男子在那女孩上学路上与她搭话。
语源
late 16th cent. (originally in the sense 'lie or go alongside'): from French accoster, from Italian accostare, from Latin ad- 'to' + costa 'rib, side'