单词 | strike back |
释义 | > as lemmasto strike back e. to strike back: to light or flash back (flash v.1 9c). ΚΠ 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. s.v. Bunsen Burner Occasionally the burner ‘strikes back’—i.e. the gas catches light and burns inside the tube. to strike back figurative. To carry out an aggressive or injurious action. to strike back, to hit back, retaliate. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > take or execute revenge [verb (intransitive)] > retaliate reharm1592 retaliate1640 to strike back1959 1959 Time 17 Aug. 60/3 The nation's mature citizens are merely striking back at rock'n'roll, buying the sing-alongs. 1960 Time 4 July 51/3 Where will Edna Ferber strike next? 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 223 ‘The Herring Mavin Strikes Again!’ proclaimed the caption. The picture showed an empty jar. 1970 J. Porter (title) Dover strikes again. 1975 Daily Mirror 14 Apr. 5/4 The rapist who is terrorising a city's bed-sitter girls struck again yesterday. 1980 (title of film) The Empire strikes back. 1989 Mod. Painters Autumn 30/1 Jules Lubbock struck back against ascriptions of this sort a year ago. < as lemmas |
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