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单词 tour de force
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tour de forcen.

/tʊə də ˈfɔːs//tɔː də ˈfɔːs/
Etymology: < French tour turn, feat, de of, force force, strength.
A feat of strength, power, or skill.
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the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > of strength or skill
feat1564
tour de force1802
the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > display of skill > an act or feat of skill
masteryc1225
maistricec1390
feat1564
execution1581
stroke1672
tour de force1802
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [noun] > one who or that which is successful > that which is successful > a successful stroke
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grand coup1752
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ten-strike1840
bull's-eye1857
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1802 Ld. Elgin Let. 18 Feb. in Paget Papers (1896) II. 41 To exult over what is styled a tour de force of the British Influence here.
1802 M. Berry Jrnl. 16 Mar. (1865) II. 137 Women now dance in the style of men, that is to say, with all the difficult steps and tours de force possible.
1805 G. Ellis Let. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1837) II. ii. 80 Leyden's breakfast was only a tour de force to astonish Ritson.
1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy II. v. 234 Each should try a tour de force with the other.
1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art (1875) i. 15 The execution of the best Artists is always a splendid tour-de-force.
1895 S. D. F. Salmond Christian Doctr. Immortality vi. iii. 640 It is only by a tour de force that they can be driven that length.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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