释义 |
‖ contrepied Obs. rare. [F., orig. a hunting term, = the opposite track, the wrong way; hence, the contrary; f. contre- and pied foot, footing, etc.] The contrary course; the opposite.
1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 549 Gravina idolized the ancients; and, perhaps, Metastasio, taking the contrepied, respects them too little. |