英 [əˈkɒst] 美 [əˈkɔːst]
vt. （贸然）上前搭讪，（唐突地）走近谈话；对……说话
第三人称单数accosts
现在分词accosting
过去式accosted
过去分词accosted
accost /əˈkɒst/ [ accosting accosted accosts ]
及物动词 If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening. 冒失地搭话
A man had accosted me in the street.
一个男人在街上冒然和我搭话。
speak to someone
同义词： address / come up to
勾搭
The child was told how to accost the servants and the governess.
孩子被告知如何招呼仆人和家庭教师。
She wandered on from street to street, not daring to accost any of the busy people.
她从一条街走到一条街，不敢招呼任何一个忙碌的人。
I would not accost him yet.
但时机未到，我还不想招呼他呢。
They accost him at airports.