gherao

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A protest in which a group of people surrounds a politician, building, etc. until demands are met. India
    — They had done a gherao and trapped the manager in his office for a whole day.
动词 v.
  1. To surround for this purpose. India,transitive
    — One day the city magistrate asked the army for help to curb a protest march by women Congress workers who had threatened to gherao the officials in the divisional office.

词形变化

gheraos plural gheraoes plural gheraos present,singular,third-person gheraoing participle,present gheraoed participle,past gheraoed past

词源

词源 1
From Hindi घेराव (gherāv, “encirclement”).
词源 2
From Hindi घेराव (gherāv, “encirclement”).
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