afoul
详细释义
源自:《新世纪英汉大词典》
- adv /əˈfaʊl/
纠缠着；处于凌乱状态
a yacht with its sails afoul
一艘风帆纠缠在一起的游艇
to run afoul of sb/sth;to fall afoul of sb/sth：与…发生冲突；与…相抵触
All of them had run afoul of the law at some time or other.
他们所有的人都曾经犯过法。
to run afoul of a ship：与船相撞
The boat ran afoul of a steamer.
那艘小船撞上了一艘汽船。
英英释义
- adj.
- especially of a ship's lines etc
