| 单词 | body blow |
| 释义 | body blownoun Boxing.a blow driven to the opponent's body between the breastbone and the navel. any action that causes severe damage, losses, etc.: Our business received a body blow in the recession. Origin of body blowFirst recorded in 1785–95 Words nearby body blowbody, body armour, body art, body bag, body beautiful, body blow, bodyboard, bodyboarding, body bolster, bodybuilder, bodybuilding Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for body blow
British Dictionary definitions for body blowbody blow nounAlso called: body punch boxing a blow to the body of an opponent a severe disappointment or setbackunavailability of funds was a body blow to the project Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with body blowbody blow An action that causes severe damage, as in This last recession dealt a body blow to our whole industry. This term comes from boxing, where since the 18th century it has been used to refer to a punch that is landing between the opponent's chest and navel. [c. 1900] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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