| 单词 | to fire a broadside |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto fire a broadside P1. to fire a broadside: to fire all the guns on one side of a ship. Now chiefly figurative: to launch a fierce verbal attack against a person. Frequently with at. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > invective or abuse > utter invective or abuse [verb (intransitive)] railc1475 envy1477 inveigh1529 blaspheme1584 invect1614 invectivate1624 to cast, throw, or fling dirt1642 ran-tan1660 philippicize1799 to fire a broadside1827 tirade1871 diatribe1893 rort1931 foul-mouth1960 1690 Hist. Wars Ireland 21 By great Providence, firing a Broadside, the shock loosened her, so that she got clear. 1745 Admiral Mathews's Charge against Vice-Admiral Lestock Confuted 14 You fired a broadside at the four sternmost ships. 1792 Philaro & Elenora II. 169 They were quickly attacked by an Algerine corsair, who fired a broadside at them. 1827 Lancet 13 Jan. 480/1 He fired some desperate broadsides at the materialists. 1886 E. Lynn Linton Paston Carew III. xi. 240 Only when Mary fired a broadside into her character—calling her a bold, bad, brazen-faced slut—only then did Mrs. Richard give tongue in her behalf. 1926 C. Beaton Diary 7 Dec. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) i. 1 She fired comic broadsides at Drinkwater and Squire. 1947 J. G. Crowther & R. Whiddington Sci. at War 75 H.M.S. Warspite fired her first radar-directed broadside. 2014 Sun (Nexis) 4 Aug. 2 Boris Johnson will fire a broadside at David Cameron over Europe this week. < as lemmas |
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