raid
n
~ (on sth)
1 sudden surprise attack and withdrawal by troops, ships or aircraft (部队、 舰艇或飞机的)突袭, 突击
make/launch a bombing raid (ie by aircraft) on enemy bases 对敌方基地进行突然的空袭.
2 sudden surprise attack in order to steal or do harm (突如其来的)抢劫, 行凶: an armed raid 持械抢劫
A security guard was killed in the bank raid. 这次银行劫案中有一名保安员遇害.
3 sudden surprise visit by the police, etc, eg to arrest people or seize illicit goods (警方等的)突然搜查或搜捕(如为捕人或搜寻违禁品)
carry out a dawn raid 破晓时进行的搜捕
a police drugs raid 警方进行的毒品搜查.
4 (finance 财) attempt by a group of people to lower eg share prices by selling at the same time (为使价格如股价下跌)集体抛售. raid, v [Tn]
make a raid on (a place) 对(某处)进行突然袭击、 抢劫或搜查
Customs men raided the house. 海关人员突然搜查了这所房子.
(fig 比喻) raid the larder, ie take food from it, usu between meals 翻柜橱找吃的(通常指两顿饭之间)
boys raiding an orchard, ieto steal fruit 在果园里偷水果的男孩子.
It seems she was in class on Friday afternoon, but no one has seen her since.
好象她星期五还在教室,但从那以后没人看见过她。
A few days later about 140 black people were taken and put on a tall sailing ship waiting off the coast.
几天以后,大约140名黑人被带到一艘停靠在海岸边的大帆船上。
From this we get the expression to make a beeline for someone or something, which means to go quickly along a straight direct course for someone or something.
从这里我们得到一条短语"to make a beeline for someone or something,意思是迅速地沿着一条直线向某人或某物走去。