assassin
英 [ə'sæsɪn]
美[ə'sæsn]
- n. 刺客，暗杀者
英英释意
- 1. a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed;
- "his assassins were hunted down like animals"
- "assassinators of kings and emperors"
- 2. a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terroriszed and killed Christian Crusaders