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单词 counter-passant
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counter-passantadj.

Etymology: counter- prefix 2m.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌcounter-ˈpassant.
Heraldry.
Passant or walking in opposite directions.
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1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. xv. 194 He beareth..two lioncels counterpassant.
1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) (at cited word) When two Lions are born in Coats of Arms, and one appears to be passing or walking quite the contrary Way with the other; the Heralds call it by the Term Counter-passant.
1863 C. Boutell Man. Heraldry xi. 62 If [the lions] are passant, the one to the dexter, and the other to the sinister, they are Counter-passant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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