英语词汇“targe”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

targe1

/tɑːdʒ

noun

Archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun).Their blood up, the Jacobites, most of them armed with small round shields, known as targes, and double-edged broadswords, hurtled down the slope....

As the claymores, targes and antique pistols on the walls of Seaforth Cottage also testify, domicile north of the Great Glen can also engender a degree of swashbuckling.
Some targes had center bosses of brass, and a few of these could accept a long steel spike which screwed into a small ‘puddle’ of lead which was fixed to the wood, under the boss.

Origin

Old English targa, targe, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French targe.

targe2

/tɑːdʒ

noun Scottish & Northern Irish informal

A formidably aggressive older woman: she was an old targe of a schoolteacher...

I'm going to look forward to being a targe in my old age.
For all her doughty declarations, there's the odd hint of vanity and vulnerability in this targe.
We want more of Roy and his targe of a mother.

Origin

Late 19th century: from the verb targe 'to reprimand, scold, beat', of uncertain origin.

单词	targe
释义	targe1 /tɑːdʒ / noun Archaic term for target (sense 2 of the noun).Their blood up, the Jacobites, most of them armed with small round shields, known as targes, and double-edged broadswords, hurtled down the slope.... As the claymores, targes and antique pistols on the walls of Seaforth Cottage also testify, domicile north of the Great Glen can also engender a degree of swashbuckling. Some targes had center bosses of brass, and a few of these could accept a long steel spike which screwed into a small ‘puddle’ of lead which was fixed to the wood, under the boss. Origin Old English targa, targe, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old French targe. targe2 /tɑːdʒ / noun Scottish & Northern Irish informal A formidably aggressive older woman: she was an old targe of a schoolteacher... I'm going to look forward to being a targe in my old age. For all her doughty declarations, there's the odd hint of vanity and vulnerability in this targe. We want more of Roy and his targe of a mother. Origin Late 19th century: from the verb targe 'to reprimand, scold, beat', of uncertain origin.
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