单词 | bravo |
释义 | bravon.1 1. A daring villain, a hired soldier or assassin; ‘a man who murders for hire’ (Johnson); a reckless desperado. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > man-killer or homicide > [noun] > murderer or assassin banea800 murthereOE quellerOE manslaughta1225 manquellec1275 murderer1340 Cainc1380 drepera1400 sicariana1400 murder mana1450 interfector1450 murdrier1481 murdresara1500 assassin1531 cut-throat1535 cutter1569 baner1605 brave1606 bravo1609 dagger-mana1616 assassinate1621 assassinator1651 sword-taker1660 assassinant1662 banesman1870 hatchet man1876 murdermonger1900 hit-man1970 mechanic1972 contract killer1980 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > villainy > villain > [noun] > hired brave1606 bravo1609 bully1703 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > violent behaviour > [noun] > violent treatment or force > masterful or bullying > person > hired brave1606 bravo1609 myrmidon1647 bully rook1673 bully1703 striker1836 night-rider1856 bully boy1881 strong arm1893 trigger man1930 goon1938 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > mercenary wagerc1420 knight wager1513 mercenary1523 lance-knight1530 suddart1542 hireling1547 adventurer1548 venturer1572 lansquenet1577 warmonger1590 mercenarian1598 passe-volant1617 provantman1659 soldier of fortune1661 privateer1676 routier1683 bravo1761 stipendiary1768 free companion1804 freelance1819 free-rider1821 freelancer1854 merchant of death1934 merc1967 1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iii. lxxii. 81 This Brauo cheeres these dastards, all hee can. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour iv. v. sig. I4v Setting on your desperate brauo To murther him? 1668 R. L'Estrange tr. F. G. de Quevedo y Villegas Visions (1708) 217 Cassius and my self were but your Bravos. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 136. ⁋3 I have been three Nights together dogged by Bravoes. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. I. vii. 155 Those bravoes, or disorderly soldiers, with whom every country in Europe..abounded. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 54 The hired bravos who defend The tyrant's throne. 1876 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §6. 528 While the bravoes of Whitehall laid hands on their leaders. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > instance of bravade1579 brave1590 bravo1616 huff1773 Bobadilism1830 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne iii. vi, in Wks. I. 563 Is this your Brauo, ladies? View more context for this quotation 1742 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer (ed. 4) iv. v. 289 For keeping them to a great Age out of a Bravo. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bravov. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)] > defy stout1303 defy1377 beard1476 brave1546 brag1551 outface1574 to hold (a person) waga1578 dare1580 outbrave1589 bedarea1596 maugre1597 championa1616 to bid defiance to1632 stem1675 bravadea1698 bravo1732 1732 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 496 Treated with great contempt insulted and bravoed by those of Maryland. 2. To greet with ‘bravo!’ ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > threaten (evil, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > make threats against threata1000 threatenc1290 menacec1384 menacea1400 menacec1400 shorec1475 boasta1522 worrya1556 threapen1559 bravea1619 bethreatened1635 braveer1652 bay1796 comminate1801 bravo1831 mau-mau1970 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > applaud [verb (transitive)] > by shouting huzza1688 shout1706 hip1818 cheer1827 beshout1828 bravo1831 hurrah1832 jolly1891 hoch1909 1831 S. E. Ferrier Destiny [He] was bravoed and applauded. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bravoint.n.2 a. Capital! excellent! well done! ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [interjection] > specific shout of applause vivat1663 huzza1682 hey for1689 ancora1712 hurrah1716 bravo1761 hip1811 viva1842 rah1871 olé1914 brava1943 kaiso1947 yay1963 1761 G. Colman Jealous Wife i. 11 That's right—I am Steel—Bravo!—Adamant—Bravissimo! 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xxxi. 16 His ‘bravo’ was decisive. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues I. 222 Bravo, Heracles, brave words, said he. b. Hence, as n. An exclamation of bravo! a cheer. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > applause > [noun] > shouted applause > specific huzza1573 hurrah1686 brava1803 vivat1821 bravo1844 hoch1867 rah1870 evviva1887 1844 Ld. Brougham Albert Lunel III. v. 149 He escaped to bed before any bravo could be heard. 1855 O. W. Holmes Poems 29 Whose thousand bravos roll untired along. 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