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单词 hector
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Hectorn.

Brit. /ˈhɛktə/, U.S. /ˈhɛktər/
Etymology: < Latin Hectōr, Greek Ἕκτωρ, son of Priam and Hecuba, husband of Andromache, ‘the prop or stay of Troy’; in origin, as adjective ἕκτωρ = holding fast, < ἔχειν to have, hold.
1. Name of a Trojan hero celebrated in the Iliad; hence transferred. A valiant warrior like Hector.
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the mind > emotion > courage > heroism > [noun] > hero
Hectora1387
worthy1552
Brutea1556
hero1578
heroic1586
Argonaut1596
Argonautic1614
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 255 Ȝif we wil mene þat þey beeþ..hardy, we clepeþ hem Hectores.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxliii. f. clviiiv/2 Thus he [sc. Duglas] wente euer forwarde lyke a hardy Hector.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. clxiiijv Thys English Hector & marcial flower.
1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor i. iii. 11 Said I well, bully Hector?
1628 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 3) Democritus to Rdr. 29 Euery Nation hath their Hectors, Scipio's, Cæsars and Alexanders.
2. (Now usually with lower-case initial.) A swaggering fellow; a swash-buckler; a braggart, blusterer, bully.Frequent in the second half of the 17th cent.; applied spec. to a set of disorderly young men who infested the streets of London. Cf. ‘bully Hector1602 at sense 1.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person
jettera1400
flirdom?a1500
facerc1500
termagant1508
rutterkina1529
bellomy1535
bystour1535
roister1549
swash1549
rush-buckler1551
roisterkin1553
swashbuckler1560
dash-buckler1567
swinge-buckler?1577
whiffler1581
huff-snuff1582
swish-swash1582
fixnet1583
swag1588
swasher?1589
kill-cow1590
roister-doister1592
dagger1597
flaunting Fabian1598
tisty-tosty1598
huff-cap1600
swaggerer1600
burgullian1601
huff-muff1602
tear-cat1606
blusterer1609
wag-feather1611
wind-cutter1611
bilbo-lorda1625
tearer1633
cacafuegoa1640
bravado1643
Hector1655
scaramouch1662
swashado1663
huffer1664
bluster-mastera1670
Drawcansir1672
bully huff1673
huff1674
belswagger1680
valienton1681
blunderbuss1685
Draw can bully1698
bouncer1764
Bobadil1771
bounce1819
pistol1828
sacripant1829
hufty1847
bucko1883
1655 E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 256 The Earle of Anglesie and his two Hectors upon Sunday morning last fought a duell with Collonel Dillan..and two Irishe Captains..His Lordships Hectors had no hurt, and ye Irishe came of untoucht.
a1658 J. Cleveland To Hectors 1 You Hectors! tame Professors of the Sword!
1693 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 2 On Sunday night last 3 hectors came out of a tavern in Holborn, with their swords drawn, and began to break windows.
a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xxxiv. 333 Surely this blustering Hector is not one of the Sons of Adam.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 361 The Muns and Tityre Tus had given place to the Hectors, and the Hectors had been recently succeeded by the Scourers.
3. Name of a species of butterfly ( Papilio Hector).
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1863 J. G. Wood Illustr. Nat. Hist. (new ed.) III. 508 The Hector forms a fine contrast to the preceding insect [the Sarpedon], its colours being almost wholly black and flaming crimson.

Phrases

U.S. colloquial. since Hector was a pup (also boy) and variants: for a very long time; since a long time ago. Cf. since Pluto was a pup at Pluto n.1 Phrases.Hector may refer to the Trojan hero who lived around 1200 b.c. and whose mother Hecuba was, according to Euripides, turned into a dog (hence Hector could be regarded as her pup); it may also reflect the popularity at various times of Hector as a dog's name.
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1888 Sunday Herald (Syracuse, N.Y.) 19 Aug. 6/6 Let all thy proud monopolists rejoice in our new joy,They ne'er had leader like our James since Hector was a boy.
1892 G. P. Lathrop Gold of Pleasure x. 101 I hain’t been so hungry and thirsty as I am this minute, since Hector was pupp’d.
1895 Washington Post 6 Feb. 6/5 [They] have been scrapping with each other in this neighborhood ‘since long before Hector was a pup’.
1912 Dial. Notes 3 589 Since Hec was a pup, for a long time.
1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan (1935) 258 Haven't seen Dan since Hector was a pup.
1990 ‘E. McBain’ Vespers 335 Mickey Harrigan, a big redheaded red-faced hairbag who'd been on the force since Hector was a pup.
2000 J. Womack Going going Gone (2002) 86 Shackmans toy store was at the corner of 16th; it was older than Hamilton, it had been there since Hector was a pup.

Derivatives

Hecˈtorean adj. (also Hec'torian) [ < Latin Hectōreus + -an suffix] belonging to Hector.
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1720 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad V. xviii. 18 Warn'd to shun Hectorean Force in vain.
ˈhectorism n. the quality or practice of a hector or bully.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun]
facing1481
blusteringa1494
flirdom?a1500
bravity1546
bravery1548
roistingc1560
bravado1583
roister-doisterdom1592
swash1593
swaggeringa1596
huffing1600
hufty1609
huff1611
brustling1622
hufty-tufty1633
bouncing1634
hectorism1672
huffiness1678
bluster1692
bounce1714
bravadoism1833
fanfaronading1837
bush1840
huffishness1841
swashbuckling1888
bucko1909
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [noun] > instance or action of intimidating or bullying
daunta1400
dauntingc1400
fear1426
discomfort1512
discouraging1578
appalement1579
browbeating1581
appall1598
huffing1600
appaling1603
appalment1611
disheartening1619
intimidation1658
hectorism1672
bullying1680
bullocking1715
huff1773
bullyism1821
disheartenment1830
table-thumping1839
bulldozing1876
1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. ix. 79 Men mistake a vice for a seemingly-like, but really-contrary, virtue. As..hectorisme for valour.
1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal ii. 15 A desperate Principle of Hectorism.
ˈhectorly adj. of the nature of a hector, blustering, insolent.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective]
termagant1546
roisterly1555
swashing1556
puffing1566
roisting1567
cocking1568
braving1579
huffling1582
kill-cow1589
roister-doistering1593
roister-doisterly1593
hufty-tufty1596
swaggering1596
huff-cap1597
sword-and-buckler1598
huffing1602
pyrgopolinizing1605
bold-beatinga1616
swash1635
swaga1640
blustering1652
bravashing1652
hectoring1664
hectorly1676
huffy1677
huff-snuff1693
swashbuckling1693
flustering1698
blustery1739
huffish1755
bravading1812
topping1815
Bobadilish1832
Bobadilian1837
fanfaronading1837
bucko1883
swashbucklering1884
swaggery1886
blokeish1920
blokey1938
1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso iv. 61 My Wife with a Hectorly Fellow here!
a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1686) III. 336 Presumptuous transgression of God's law, (Hectorly profaneness and debauchery).
ˈhectorship n. a trait characteristic of a hector.
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1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. iii. x. 278 His other Hectorships, I will forget.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hectorv.

Brit. /ˈhɛktə/, U.S. /ˈhɛktər/
Etymology: < Hector n. 2.
1. intransitive. To play the hector or bully; to brag, bluster, domineer. Also, to hector it.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)]
face1440
brace1447
ruffle1484
puff1490
to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499
to face with a card of ten?1499
cock1542
to brave it1549
roist1563
huff1598
swagger1600
ruff1602
tear1602
bouncec1626
to bravade the street1634
brustle1648
hector1661
roister1663
huffle1673
ding1679
fluster1698
bully1733
to bluster like bull-beef1785
swell1795
buck1880
swashbuckle1897
loudmouth1931
1661 E. Hickeringill Jamaica 80 For which he needs not venture life nor limb, Nor Hector it, nor list under Sir Hugh.
1681 Dialouge Philautus & Timotheus iii. 5 While I hector, and rant, and call Names.
1735 J. Swift Stella at Wood-Park in Wks. II. 212 Don Carlos made her chief Director, That she might o'er the Servants hector.
1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 23 She does now and then hector a little.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vi. 145 John not only allows himself to be bamboozled, but..to be hectored over.
1882 M. E. Braddon Mt. Royal III. vii. 141 He blustered and hectored as of old.
2. transitive. To intimidate by bluster or threats; to domineer over; to bully; to bring or force out of or into something by threats or insolence.
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > intimidate or bully [verb (transitive)]
awec1225
bashc1375
palla1393
argh1393
formengea1400
matea1400
boasta1522
quail1526
brag1551
appale1563
browbeat1581
adaw1590
overdare1590
dastard1593
strike1598
disdare1612
cowa1616
dare1619
daw1631
bounce1640
dastardize1645
intimidate1646
hector1664
out-hector1672
huff1674
bully1685
harass1788
bullyraga1790
major1829
haze1851
bullock1875
to push (someone) around1900
to put the frighteners in, on1958
psych1963
vibe1979
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > utter with bluster or bravado [verb (transitive)] > force or intimidate by
swagger1608
bounce1640
hector1664
huff1674
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > restrain or force by threatening > bully
swagger1608
bounce1640
hector1664
huff1674
huff1680
bully1685
bullyraga1790
bullock1875
advantage1921
1664 S. Pepys Diary 22 Feb. (1971) V. 60 Our King did openly say..that he would not be hector'd out of his right and preeminency's by the King of France.
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. ii. i. 19 But [Fortune] she's a drudge, when Hector'd by the brave.
1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 33 You shan't be Hector'd by him.
1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. x. viii. 69 We are..not to be hectored, and bullied, and beat into Compliance. View more context for this quotation
1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller II. 37 I was hectored and lectured in my own green-room.
1850 W. Irving Mahomet (1853) xxiii. 131 But suffers himself to be..hectored out of his crafty policy.

Derivatives

ˈhectoring n. and adj.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective]
termagant1546
roisterly1555
swashing1556
puffing1566
roisting1567
cocking1568
braving1579
huffling1582
kill-cow1589
roister-doistering1593
roister-doisterly1593
hufty-tufty1596
swaggering1596
huff-cap1597
sword-and-buckler1598
huffing1602
pyrgopolinizing1605
bold-beatinga1616
swash1635
swaga1640
blustering1652
bravashing1652
hectoring1664
hectorly1676
huffy1677
huff-snuff1693
swashbuckling1693
flustering1698
blustery1739
huffish1755
bravading1812
topping1815
Bobadilish1832
Bobadilian1837
fanfaronading1837
bucko1883
swashbucklering1884
swaggery1886
blokeish1920
blokey1938
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adjective]
dauntinga1400
dismayfulc1595
huffing1602
dismaying1653
disheartening1654
disanimating1659
hectoring1664
bullying1681
bullocking1715
intimidatinga1812
browbeating1816
appalling1817
cowing1843
intimidatorya1846
dompting1912
fuck-off1962
1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. i. 26 The Hect'ring Kill-Cow Hercules.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iii. 176 Ranting, and Hectoring Atheists.
1788 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) II. 443 A mere piece of hectoring to frighten Russia.
1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. i. 7 He grew a little insolent, said rude things in a hectoring tone.
ˈhectoringly adv. in a hectoring manner.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adverb]
roistingly1571
swaggeringly1611
bravingly1616
roisteringly1659
swashingly1665
blusteringlya1714
huffishly1755
hectoringly1913
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being intimidating > [adverb]
dismayingly1731
dishearteningly1742
dauntingly1788
hectoringly1913
1913 W. J. Locke Stella Maris xx. 251 He..questioned her further, almost hectoringly.
1963 Punch 27 Feb. 315/3 His adopting a hectoringly superior manner.
ˈhectorer n. one who hectors.
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1827 J. F. Cooper Prairie I. xii. 175 Ah! you are a hectorer with the boys, when need calls!
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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