| 释义 |
† backblow Obs.|ˈbækbləʊ|
[f. back n. and adv. + blow n.]
1. A blow struck at the back or from behind.
1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. ii. xix. (b) 127 A premeditated back-blow in cold bloud is base. 1857Househ. Words 12 Sept. 245 Outwitted him at his own game of backblows.
2. fig. (Cf. after-clap.)
1649Drummond of Hawthornden Jas. III, Wks. 55 So many back-blows of fortune. 1705Stanhope Paraphr. II. 456 That Reflexion fell upon his Mind with this terrible back-blow. |