单词 | riposting |
释义 | > as lemmasriˈposting riˈposting adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective] > actions washing1567 swash1599 swashing1622 riposted1707 whipped1771 riposting1889 1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 83 The riposting fencer must..deliver his thrust with the hand inclined towards pronation. 1927 W. R. Benét in Sat. Rev. 11 June 892/1 How to suck the pure, distillate, stored Essence of essence from the hidden star And make it pierce like a riposting sword. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword i. iv. 74 A ‘delayed riposte’ (where a fencer, having parried an attack, deliberately refrains from riposting at once, so as to upset his adversary's timing) was known as ‘temps perdu’. < as lemmas |
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