(Now the usual sense.) transitive. To handle (a weapon, tool, or instrument, now always one held in the hand) skilfully, effectively, or with…
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > use or wield (a weapon) [verb (transitive)] (23) wieldOE (Now the usual sense.) transitive. To handle (a weapon, tool, or instrument, now always one held in the hand) skilfully, effectively, or with… swipc1275 To wield (a weapon) forcibly, esp. in a downward direction. layc1330 To bring (a stick, etc.) down upon; to inflict (blows). Also to lay it on (literal and figurative). fall1597 transitive. To bring down (a weapon, tool, etc.) so as to strike a person or thing. Obsolete. ground?1650 To place or set on the ground; to cause to touch the ground; to lay down. †Also, to bring down (a weapon). Subcategories:— in earnest (1) — make weapon strike or bite (1) — drive or thrust twistingly (1) — brandish (6) — raise (1) — hold farther from end (1) — unsling or unsheathe (4) — use nuclear weapons against (2) — pierce armour (of weapons) (1) |
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