| 单词 | small-sword logic |
| 释义 | > as lemmassmall-sword logic small-sword logic n. dialogue consisting of a series of short opposing arguments. ΚΠ 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic ii. ii The pro and con goes as smart as hits in a fencing-match. It is, indeed, a sort of small-sword logic. 1844 Morning Chron. 22 Nov. Never was there an occasion in which such small-sword logic was so misplaced. 1966 J. W. H. Atkins Eng. Literary Crit.: 17th & 18th Cent. (new ed.) ix. 318 The artificial devices that formed part of stage conventions: the mechanical use of ‘small-sword logic’ or one-word dialogue, portentous nods and silences [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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