单词 | military art |
释义 | > as lemmasmilitary art military art n. (also military arts, †art military) the art of warfare; combat perceived in terms of technique or craft; also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > war as profession or skill > [noun] wara1375 chivalrya1387 chiefalrie1548 soldiery1579 profession1581 military art1590 militia1590 warcrafta1661 1590 J. Smythe Certain Disc. Weapons Ded. 1 And speciallie in the Arte Militarie. 1654 R. Aylett Brides Ornaments in Divine & Moral Speculations iv. 238 I of this Military Art do know No Tutor like to holy supplication. 1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. ii. 53 That you are over-reach'd too, ha, ha, ha, only a little Art-military, used. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver II. iv. xii. 191 Their Prudence..would amply supply all Defects in the Military Art. 1872 W. Bagehot Physics & Politics (1876) ii. 44 The progress of the military art is the most conspicuous, I was about to say the most showy, fact in human history. 1991 J. Wormald Mary Queen of Scots 92 The king took part in a joust, that ‘peaceful’ demonstration of the military arts which was in fact potentially lethal. < as lemmas |
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