名詞 foray:

1. a sudden short attack
   同義詞：raid, maraud
2. an initial attempt (especially outside your usual areas of competence)

動(dòng)詞 foray:

1. steal goods; take as spoils
   同義詞：plunder, despoil, loot, reave, strip, rifle, ransack, pillage
2. briefly enter enemy territory

1. An actor's foray into politics.
   一演員對(duì)政治的嘗試性介入

for.ay

n.（名詞）
A sudden raid or military advance.
突然侵襲：突然的侵襲或軍事進(jìn)攻
A venture or an initial attempt, especially outside one`s usual area:
冒險(xiǎn)，開(kāi)創(chuàng)性的嘗試：冒險(xiǎn)或最初的嘗試，尤其是在某人慣常地區(qū)之外：
例句：
an actor`s foray into politics.
一演員對(duì)政治的嘗試性介入

v.（動(dòng)詞）
for.ayed,for.ay.ing,for.ays
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To make a raid.
襲擊
To make inroads, as for profit or adventure.
突然襲擊：作突然襲擊，如為利益或冒險(xiǎn)
v.tr.Archaic （及物動(dòng)詞）【古語(yǔ)】
To pillage in search of spoils.
劫掠：為尋找戰(zhàn)利品而掠奪

來(lái)源：
Middle English forrai
中古英語(yǔ) forrai
from forraien [to plunder]
源自 forraien [劫掠]
probably back-formation from forreour [raider, plunderer]
可能源自 forreour的逆成詞 [襲擊者，掠奪者]
from Old French forrier
源自 古法語(yǔ) forrier
from forrer [to forage] * see forage
源自 forrer [搜掠] *參見(jiàn) forage