| 单词 | corps à corps |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorps à corps 6. corps à corps /kɔr a kɔr/, body to body; in immediate contact; spec. in Fencing (see quot. 1910). Also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > close together side by sidec1275 cheek by cheek?a1400 hand by hand?a1439 close1489 hand for hand1490 shoulder to shouldera1586 at (the) eye's end1628 knee to knee1760 corps à corps1890 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [phrase] > at close quarters hand to hand?a1400 at hand1565 to meet at hard edge1591 close quarters1809 at grips1857 corps à corps1890 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > positions in-stop14.. out-stopa1500 warda1586 guard1601 preem1603 unicorn guard1617 quarte1639 tierce1687 tierce guard1687 tierce parade1687 inside1692 carte1707 hanging guard1707 quinte1707 seconde1707 saccoon1708 prime1710 segoon1721 octave1771 supination1805 septime1861 sixte1885 sixth1885 corps à corps1910 1890 A. Hutton Fixed Bayonets 17 The position known as ‘Corps à corps’, when the combatants are so close together that it is impossible for either of them to disentangle his weapon or withdraw his point. 1905 Mrs. H. Ward Marriage of William Ashe ix. 169 The two men were measured against each other corps à corps,—the wide knowledge..of the minister, against the originality..of the writer. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 594/2 ‘Corps-à-corps’ (body to body), the position of two fencers who are at such close quarters that their persons touch; when this occurs the fencers must again come on guard. 1931 W. Lewis Let. 5 May (1963) 202 I have been engaged in a close corps-a-corps business struggle for some weeks. 1939 A. Toynbee Study of Hist. IV. 430 Our..question of who is to capture the world market is being settled by a direct encounter between the competitors, corps à corps. 1969 R. Thomas Singapore Wink xxiv. 242 There was no corps-à-corps with our wrists locked and straining. < as lemmas |
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