accost

accost
verb
  1. [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
  1. late 16th cent. (originally in the sense 'lie or go alongside'): from French accoster, from Italian accostare, from Latin ad- 'to' + costa 'rib, side'
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