单词 | salvo |
释义 | salvon.1 1. a. A saving clause; a provision that a certain engagement or ordinance shall not be binding where it would interfere with a specified right or obligation; a reservation. Const. of, †to (a right, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > reservation, proviso conditionc1315 preveance?1316 purview1442 proviso1443 provision1450 saving1478 forprise1530 cautel1541 caveat1579 postulate1588 cautiona1593 non obstante1604 reservation1606 unless1606 reservancy1630 salvo1642 reserve1644 stipulation1792 reserver1807 get-out clause1912 clausula rebus sic stantibus1939 escape clause1945 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. x. §650. 278 In this case, this Salvo shall make the Donee to hold of the Donor by Knights service. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 109 In case any one died intestate the children should equally divide the goods, which I take to be understood with a salvo of the wifes dower or portion. 1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xiv. 114 They admit anie man's senses of it, though divers, or contrarie; with anie salvo's, cautions and reservations. 1655 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 22 If they could propose any expedient with a salvo to the security of that Nation, hee was willinge to answer their desires therein. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 172 Neither let the condition of Books..and Records burnt or lost, be unprovided for by some Good and Grave Salvo, pleadable for the Loosers Indempnitie. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 53. ⁋7 However any one may concur,..it is still..with a Salvo to his own private Judgment. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. 283 In these words was virtually implied a salvo for the rights of their order. 1819 J. Milner End Relig. Controv. (ed. 2) 100 Judges have even refused to admit the following Salvo in addition to the Subscription. 1826 C. Butler Life Grotius vi. 105 With an express salvo of their right to liberty of conscience. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 532 He..wished to find out some salvo which might sooth his conscience. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice i. 109 A qualification, or salvo, that very nearly unchristianizes Christianity itself. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xiv. 155 It contained a salvo of the rights of the nation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [noun] > reservation of a point salvoa1645 a1645 W. Laud Hist. Troubles & Tryal (1695) 274 Here I desired a Salvo, till I might bring Arch-Bishop Parker's Book, to shew his Judgment in this Point. 2. a. In unfavourable sense: A dishonest mental reservation; a quibbling evasion; a consciously bad excuse. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge evasionc1425 shift1545 subterfuge1563 tergiversation1570 amusement1603 shuffle1628 subterfugy1637 salvo1665 jank1705 fudge1797 shiffle-shufflea1871 the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > instance of > of dishonest kind salvo1665 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 166 Within Spahawn I found that Column or Pillar of Heads of Men and Beasts which was erected as a Salvo and expiation of the King's Oath. 1677 R. Gilpin Dæmonol. Sacra i. xiii. 97 Some pitiful salvo, or silly evasion, to blind the Eyes. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) 479 This looks now like a Salvo to come off with Mr. B. and to reconcile the New Piece and the Old together; but it's perfectly a Banter upon him. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 73. ⁋12 The new Salvo to satisfy a Man's Conscience in sacrificing his Friend. a1711 T. Ken Hymnotheo in Wks. (1721) III. 80 He flatt'ry hated, Counsel well could time, And never studied Salvos for a crime. 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell iii. xliv. 299 Most also did seem bent to take up with any Shift or Salvo, which might ease them of such Duties. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxv. 235 There never was a rogue, who had not a salvo to himself for being so. 1757 J. Edwards Doctr. Orig. Sin (1837) II. ii. i. 135 This evasion of Salvo is so far from helping the matter, or salving the inconsistence, that it increases and multiplies it. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. x. x. 155 My tongue gave consent; but with a salvo in my heart..to give him the slip just at the moment of embarkation. 1828 J. W. Croker Diary 26 Aug. Some new attempt on his part to find a salvo for staying in office. 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. liv. 223 For all the iniquities he himself practised, he had no doubt a salvo in his own breast. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > [phrase] > on the pretext of under show of1563 by show of1625 under the umbrage of1674 under the salvo of1705 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xxii. 471 After having taken our Leaves under the Salvoe of a chearful Glass, we weighed Anchor. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > solution, explanation > instance of answerOE solutionc1384 resolutiona1542 sol1588 soil1609 salvo1660 éclaircissement1673 fix1882 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 152 Let not men therefore pretend the fear of reproach, as an excuse, since here is so ready a Salvo to that objection. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 305 Some of the ancient and learned Fathers..apprehended this to be a convenient Salvo for this Difficulty, to suppose that Orpheus had by Fits and Turns, been of different Humours and Perswasions. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. cii Great men are are like the heavenly bodies that find much veneration but no rest, unless we find a Salvo for their having the latter, by saying what the Philosophers do of the Heavens, that Movendo quiescunt. 1770 S. Foote Lame Lover ii. 33 Jack. But then how comes the note to remain in plaintiff's possession? Serj. Well put, Jack; but we have a salvo for that. 4. An expedient for saving (a person's reputation) or soothing (offended pride, conscience).Cf. obsolete. French salve-d'honneur, and the medieval Latin phrase salvo honore. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > of saving reputation or soothing bad feelings salvo1753 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xvii. 136 Lady L...cannot help throwing in a salvo for the pride of her sex. 1771 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xlii. 135 As a salvo for his own reputation, he has been advised to traduce the character of a brave officer. 1779 Ann. Reg. 1778 64 The minister was humorously advised, as the only means of extricating himself from that dilemma, and as affording the only salvo in his power for the indignity offered to that House, to impeach those ministers. 1792 J. Almon Anecd. Life W. Pitt (1810) II. xxxix. 184 The only object of the present negotiation is to find a salvo for the punctilious honour of the Spaniards. a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 181 This account of the matter affords the most favourable salvo for their reputation. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic III. v. ii. 190 This would be a salvo for the disgrace of removing them. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist viii. 513 The law..is transformed into a salvo to conscience, by which others are condemned rather than self rectified. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). salvon.2 1. A salute consisting in the simultaneous discharge of artillery or other firearms. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > [noun] > salute > by discharge of artillery peal1509 salvo1719 feu de joie1801 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > an assemblage or collection > [noun] > of things discharged simultaneously salvo1860 1719 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth III. 347 Display the Standard, let the News be shown, With Salvo's raise the Genius of the Town. 1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris App. p. xlvii Salvoes of artillery were fired on the evening of the 24th, to announce the commencement of the fête. 1836 E. Everett Orations 487 When your cannons proclaimed his advent with joyous salvos. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond II. ix. 151 Salvos of cannon saluting him. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1868) II. xix. 485 Those ships of Spain, which lay there,..discharging salvoes of anticipated triumph. 2. a. A simultaneous discharge of artillery or other firearms, whether with hostile intent or otherwise.The earliest sense in English; it was developed already in Italian. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > simultaneous volley1573 salve1577 salvo1591 volley-shot1689 platoon1706 fusillade1801 fusillading1839 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > an artillery shot > salvo or broadside tire1575 broadside1589 salvo1591 salvee1632 1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 11 If..his company be commanded to discharge certain volies of shot, or a salua, he must either hold his Peece side-long the ranckes, or [etc.]. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 324 As we found them [sc. the enemy] within Gun-shot, our Leader ordered the two Wings to advance swiftly, and give them a Salvo on each Wing with their Shot. 1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. v. 122 After bursting their gates with a salvo of our cannon. 1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 83 Occasionally firing salvoes at the part to be brought down. 1879 J. C. Fife-Cookson Armies of Balkans viii. 124 The Russians..were firing salvoes by batteries of eight guns. 1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness 93 When a movement of men was discernible on the ridge, a salvo was discharged, and the blow..would alter the shape of the rocks before our very eyes. b. transferred.[Cf. French salve d'applaudissements, etc.] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > loudness > [noun] > loud sound or noise chirma800 dina1000 utas1202 noise?c1225 nurthc1225 dinninga1400 glama1400 glavera1400 reer?a1400 reirdc1400 dunch1440 steveningc1440 rebound1457 bruit?1473 alarm1489 yell1509 gild?a1513 shout?a1513 reveriea1522 routa1522 thundering1560 rumouringc1563 dinrie?1566 rear1567 fray1568 thunder-crack1595 thunder1600 fanfarea1605 fragor1605 clamour1606 thunder-clap1610 obstrepency1623 tonitruation1658 randana1661 clarion1667 leden1674 bluster1724 salvoa1734 ding1750 row1753 tonance1778 dunder1780 chang1788 blare1807 flare1815 detonation1830 trump1848 trumpeting1850 foghorn1875 yammer1932 the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > a large number or multitude > occurring rapidly salvoa1734 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > an act or burst of plaudite1573 plaudiat1584 plaudit1600 applaudit1606 salvoa1734 ovation1785 round1794 Kentish fire1834 rounder1881 bualadh bos1908 a1734 R. North Examen (1740) iii. vii. §95 578 All which was performed with fitting Salvos of the Rabble echoed from the Club. 1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 277 Amidst deafening salvos of applause. 1860 N. Hawthorne Marble Faun II. xxiv. 269 The fair occupants of the balcony favored Kenyon with a salvo of confetti. 1875 G. Jacque Hope ii. 16 Peals of laughter break out here and there The dread sardonic salvos of despair. 1895 I. Zangwill Master ii. viii. 221 A great round of applause from their ranks set everybody peering towards the door, only to encounter the stern gaze of the magnificent beadle, whose entry had prompted the salvoes. 1924 ‘W. Frank’ (title) Salvos, an informal book about books and plays. 1955 Times 26 May 4/3 It [sc. a broadsheet] was intended to be the ‘hush-hush’ weapon, which by triumphant revelation at the last moment and, by its powerful propaganda salvo, would bring to submission any wavering voters still about. 1971 Daily Tel. 21 May (Colour Suppl.) 18/3 They can stay on deck,..watch salvoes of gannets plummet in white streaks to the sea. 1978 W. M. Spackman Armful of Warm Girl 43 He bought her the Hindu nose-jewel..and gently slipped it on (which with little salvoes of apologetic kisses she had at once slipped off, and never worn again). c. Of rockets, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > [noun] > an artillery shot > salvo or broadside > of rockets salvo1740 1740 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 2) App. p. lxi Of Salvo's. These, in fire-works, are a great number of strong iron reports fixed either in a post or plank, and, with a fire discharged at once. 1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. (at cited word) A salvo of rockets. d. Of bombs dropped from aircraft. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > [noun] > air operation > bombing raid > dropping of bombs > number or distribution of bombs straddle1915 stick1940 salvo1942 blanket1944 carpet1944 pattern1944 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 27 June 36 A..change of course saved the ship from a direct hit from the salvo dropped by the leading aircraft. 1949 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Oct. 1/5 These loads are dropped either in ‘chain’ (a trail of bombs, blasting out a path between two and three miles long) or in ‘salvo’, where the scores of 500-pounders tumble out of the bays together in an ‘area’ bombing operation. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation greetingc900 salus?c1225 hailingc1275 saluingc1374 salutationc1384 halsing1387 callinga1400 hailsinga1400 salutea1400 saluec1430 saluting1533 greeta1592 regreets1600 salvo1653 salvediction1668 hello1854 mihi1869 tumble1921 big-up1992 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures xxiv. 89 Whereupon with great devotion and zeal we sung a Salvo, before an image of Our Lady. a1753 P. Drake Memoirs (1755) II. viii. 218 Whenever an Opportunity offered, to..meet her in the Street, I would give her a Hat Salvo, with a low Bow. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Salvon.3 Australian colloquial. A member of the Salvation Army; plural, the Salvation Army. ΘΚΠ society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person soldier1876 salvationist1882 salvation1889 Salvationer1889 Salvo1896 Sally1936 society > faith > sect > Christianity > Protestantism > salvationism > [noun] > person > collective army1877 Salvation Armyc1880 Salvo1896 Sally1915 Sally Ann1927 Sally Army1961 1896 Bulletin (Sydney) 31 Oct. 27 (title) The Salvo's Error. 1908 C. H. S. Matthews Parson in Austral. Bush xxvii. 256 Well, I was rared a Carthlick, but I haven't followed it up much. To tell ye the truth, I class 'em all alike—priests, parsons, ‘salvos’, and all the lot of 'em. 1942 J. Sweeney in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 382 We come to the Salvo hut where there is a big joker sitting on a form drinking coffee and eating biscuits. 1952 J. Cleary Sundowners iii. 144 I've only met one other Rupert... That was when I was in the Salvos. 1962 A. Upfield Will of Tribe ix. 87 Can't help bringing out old clichés. The Salvo padre at Derby was down on them but we learned them quick. 1968 Telegraph (Brisbane) 29 June 16/6 Hundreds of former Diggers have similar stories of the morale-boosting work done by the ‘Salvos’. 1978 R. McKie Bitter Bread 77 When workers everywhere got their notices and the slump showed every sign of lasting, the Salvos decided to open a doss house. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online June 2021). salvov. transitive. To salute (a vessel, etc.) by firing of a salvo or volley of guns; to drop a salvo of (bombs). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [verb (transitive)] > show respect for > by guns or flags salute1582 salvo1839 society > armed hostility > military organization > ceremonial > perform ceremony [verb (transitive)] > salute > by discharge of artillery salvo1839 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > attack with aircraft [verb (transitive)] > drop (bombs) salvo1943 pickle1966 1839 F. Marryat Phantom Ship I. viii. 174 See the gunners ready with their linstocks to salvo the supercargo. 1895 H. G. Hutchinson Peter Steele, Cricketer vii. 155 He had just made his century, and been salvoed with applause. 1943 Yank 17 Dec. 5 The pilot feathered the props and kept on; the Fort limped in over the target and salvoed its bombs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2019). salvoprep. rare. Excepting, saving. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > exclusiveness [preposition] > except or excepting savec1330 out-takenc1384 saving1386 other thana1425 savea1500 reserving1541 salvo1601 to set aside1610 abstracting from1614 save fora1616 sans1659 exclude1720 aside from1818 saufc1844 out-taking1848 secludinga1851 1601 A. Copley Answere to Let. Iesuited Gentleman 19 Let them either yet make amends..or else be sure that they sit fast; for that (saluo the Appeale) they are like to carrie as good as they bring. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.11642n.21591n.31896v.1839prep.1601 |
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