sortie
noun /ˈsɔːti/
/ˈsɔːrti/
- a flight that is made by an aircraft during military operations; an attack made by soldiers
（在军事行动中飞机的）出动架次；（军队的）出击 - a bombing sortie
轰炸飞行 - They had made several sorties against enemy troops.
他们对敌军进行了几次突袭。 - He led his platoon in a sortie against the enemy.
他带领他的排对敌人进行突击。
- a bombing sortie
- a short trip away from your home or the place where you are
（短暂）外出，出门 - I went on a shopping sortie with my mother.
我和妈妈去购物了。
- I went on a shopping sortie with my mother.
- sortie into something an effort that you make to do or join something new
尝试参与；一试身手 - His first sortie into politics was unsuccessful.
他初涉政坛并不成功。
- His first sortie into politics was unsuccessful.
词源late 18th cent.: from French, feminine past participle of sortir ‘go out’.