单词 | counterstroke |
释义 | counterstroken. 1. A stroke given in return; a counter buff. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > returning a blow > return blow or stroke countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 counterstroke1596 after-blow1607 counterblow1655 return1702 return stroke1838 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > return blow or attack countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 cross-blow1590 counterblow1706 riposte1854 counterstroke1876 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. xi. sig. X2v He met him with a counterstroke so swift, That quite smit off his arme. View more context for this quotation 1876 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches I. i. ii. 53 This alliance suggested to Heraclius the counterstroke of allying himself with the Turkish freebooters. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. x. 184 The strokes and counterstrokes were like a play of quarterstaff on the sconce. 2. = contrecoup n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > [noun] > distant effect of counterstrokea1786 contrecoup1809 a1786 J. O. Justamond (title) Essay on Counter-strokes, exclusive of the head. 1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Counter-stroke, same as Contrecoup and Counter-fissura. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1596 |
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