“small、sword”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

small-sword

释义

small-sword
[small a. 2.]
A kind of light sword, tapering gradually from the hilt to the point, and esp. used in fencing.
1687[see below].1707Hope New Method Fencing p. ix, A sufficient Guard and Defence, against all the Thrusts of the Small-Sword.1777Sheridan Sch. Scand. v. ii, Isn't it a wound with a small-sword?1836Marryat Midsh. Easy xxii, He accepted the challenge, but having no knowledge of the small-sword, refused to fight unless with pistols.1852Thackeray Esmond i. v, Father Holt was an expert practitioner with the small-sword.
b. attrib., as small-sword exercise, small-sword logic, small-sword man, etc.
1687Hope (title), The Scots Fencing-Master, or Compleat Small-Sword-Man.1779Sheridan Critic ii. ii, The pro and con goes as smart as hits in a fencing-match. It is, indeed, a sort of small-sword logic.1803Ann. Reg., Chron. 525/2 If he would take a foil and indulge him with a lesson in the small-sword exercise.a1814Manœuvring iv. iii. in New Brit. Theatre II. 117 All this sparring and small-sword play of wit.

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