单词 | tour de force |
释义 | tour de forcen. A feat of strength, power, or skill. ΘΚΠ 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 gird1513 feat1564 grand coup1752 coup1791 tour de force1802 hit1811 ten-strike1840 bull's-eye1857 score1901 strike1901 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). < n.1802 |
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