| 释义 |
‖ hors de combat, adv.|ɔr də kɔ̃ba, (h)ɔː dəˈkɒmbɑː|
[Fr., lit. ‘out of fight’.]
Out of fight, disabled from fighting; also fig. and transf.
1757Chesterfield Lett. ii. cxii. Misc. Wks. 1777 II. 439 The King of Prussia..is now, I fear, hors de combat. 1767Ibid. (1774) II. cxciii. 525 Lord C― is hors de combat, as a Minister. 1776Franklin Lett. Wks. 1889 VI. 2 An arrow sticking in any part of a man puts him hors du combat till it is extracted. 1834Blackw. Mag. XXXVI. 18/1 Colonsay, turning tail, flings out savagely, and puts him hors de combat. 1894G. Armatage Horse iv. 48 It will be generally found that out of a stud of four [hunters], one will be hors de combat. |