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单词 tilt at windmills
释义 tilt at windmills
phrasal
Etymology: so called fr. the episode in Don Quijote de la Mancha in which Don Quixote battles with a windmill, thinking it a giant — more at don quixote
: to fight imaginary enemies or illusory evils
 < even though this rebellion may be a tilting at windmills — Rachel Frank >
 < viewed them as harmless literary eccentrics, tilting at windmills — Donald Davidson >
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