“counterblow”的英英意思

单词 counterblow
释义 counterblow, n.
(ˈkaʊntəbləʊ:)
[counter- 3, 5.]
A return-blow; the back-stroke of a rebound.
1655–60Stanley Hist. Philos. (1701) 65/1 That the Voice is made by the Wind, hitting against firm resisting Air, returning the counter-blow to our Ears.1707Collier Refl. Ridic. 76 A Man feels for a long time the Counter-Blow of indiscreet Expences.1768in Doran Mann & Manners (1876) II. viii. 190 The harshest counter-blow came from Spain.1860Mayne Expos. Lex. 225/1 Contrecoup..a counter⁓blow; a rebound.
So ˈcounterblow v., to give counterblows to.
1632Lithgow Trav. ix. (1682) 400 The Tartars are not expert in War..nor so manly as the Polonians, who Counter⁓blow them at Rancounters.
“counterblow”的英英意思

 

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