| 释义 |
foeman arch. and poet.|ˈfəʊmən|
Forms: see foe.
[OE. fáhman, f. fah, foe a. + man.]
An enemy in war, an adversary.
a1000Polit. Laws ælfred v, Gif hie fah-mon ᵹeierne. a1175Cott. Hom. 241 Ne nanman ne fiht buton wið his ifómenn. a1225Ancr. R. 404 Mon worpeð Grickischs fur upon his fomen, & so me ouerkumeð ham. 1375Barbour Bruce vi. 648 He of his famen four has slayn. 14..Sir Beues 244 (MS. M.) Dame, why haste thou my fader betrayde And wyll be wedyd to his foman? 1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Feb. 21 Ne euer was to Fortune foeman. 1620Quarles Jonah (1717) 48 To save us harmless from our Fo-mans jaws. 1810Scott Lady of L. v. x, Foemen worthy of their steel. 1864A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock 12 Every movement of the advancing foeman. |