单词 | attacker |
释义 | attackern. 1. A person, animal, armed force, etc., that engages in a military or violent physical attack; an assailant. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > attacker > [noun] assailera1400 assailant1523 assaulter1548 setter-on1569 aggressor1585 onsetter1588 offendent1646 attacker1664 inundator1794 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > one who assailera1400 assailant1523 attemptera1586 onsetter1588 grassator1602 undergoer1612 attacker1664 1664 G. Downing Disc. to States of Vnited-Provinces 11 If after all, any thing be done by them towards the righting of themselves, his Majesty must be called and reputed the Attacquer and the Aggressor. 1664 S. Pepys Diary 4 June (1971) V. 169 Prince Rupert the boldest attaquer in the world. 1705 D. Jones Life James II (ed. 3) 356 Between which..happened a sharp Encounter, but it was to the Advantage of the Williamites, who forced their Attackers to retire in some Confusion. 1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea 228 The attackers boarded her. 1819 W. J. Fox Course of Lect. (ed. 2) vi. 199 When ‘invasions of right’ are assigned as a justifying cause of war, ‘right’, in the estimation of the attacker, not in that of the attacked,..is of course understood. 1873 H. Curwen Hist. Booksellers 220 The peasant, seizing his attacker, ducked him within an inch of his life. 1926 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 31/1 Our gunners do not fire directly upon them, but ricochet a shell into the water along the path of the attacker. 1976 Audubon May 41/1 Her raised feathers display to impress the would-be attacker with her voluminous size effectively kept the red squirrel at bay. 2013 Daily Tel. 20 Nov. 16/1 Two blasts, one triggered by a man in a suicide vest and another by an attacker driving a car rigged with explosives. 2. A person who takes forceful non-physical action; a fierce and public critic; a person who deals with a task, problem, etc., in a vigorous and determined way. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > attack by hostile measures or words > one who attacks with words, etc. barker1483 offendent1646 attacker1681 besetter1820 batterer1823 1681 J. Bairdy Balm from Gilead 16 May not we defend that which we suppose to be a lawful liberty, against all attackers of it? 1722 J. Trapp Case of Patron & Rector, St. Andrew's, Holbourn 2 Those on the other side being Gentlemen of a vivacious enterprizing Genius, are resolved to be in all respects the Attackers. 1784 London Mag. Aug. 114/2 In the passages which related to his attacker, Mr. Murphy did not descend to that low scurrility. 1841 Lancet 27 Feb. 808/1 It is both honest and respectable, and well marked by dignified expression, requiring fair play, a redeeming qualification, from his anonymous attacker. 1882 M. Arnold in 19th Cent. Aug. 229 The attackers of the established course of study. 1916 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 22 322 The attackers of the same problem in many lands form..a single band. 1963 R. M. Hare Freedom & Reason iii. x. 202 We can get the better of our present attacker because our language is general enough to express any dispute which he may say he is having with us. 2000 Guardian 12 Apr. i. 17/2 One anonymous contributor attacks both Prof Brown and the attacker who called him ‘homomaniac’. 3. Sport . A member of a team whose role is to be part of the attack; a forward. Also more generally: a competitor who is attempting to score or otherwise gain an advantage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > player > types of striker1699 kicker1829 non-striker1842 feeder1844 stopper1847 defender1851 hand-in1875 hand-out1875 back1880 attacker1884 field general1895 ball carrier1902 ball-handler1912 ball-winner1972 shotmaker1974 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > characteristics of team ball games > [noun] > types of player field1816 fielder1824 defender1851 scrimmager1877 attacker1884 tackler1891 shooter1901 passer1905 right wing1908 ball hawk1917 screener1923 striker1963 1884 Blackburn Standard 29 Mar. 3/1 The winners..found the opposing goalkeeper plenty of work, Gallagher, W. Thompson, and Waugh being the most prominent attackers. 1906 D. Gallaher & W. J. Stead Compl. Rugby Footballer iv. 59 There are two of the attackers left and only the back to beat. 1948 N. H. Patterson Compl. Lawn Tennis Player xiii. 97 The attacker goes to the net on a deep stroke directed across the court. 1999 G. Cox Dict. Sport i. 64/1 10-yard hit. Awarded to the defending side if an attacker has run the ball over the byline without a goal being scored. 2008 Irish Independent 28 Nov. 71/6 O'Neill already has two All-Ireland medals, having been one of the star attackers on the 2003 and 2005 teams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1664 |
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