| 单词 | coup d'essai |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoup d'essai l. In other phrases, now rare or obsolete in English use, as coup d'éclat, a stroke which makes a sensation; coup d'essai, a first attempt; coup de maître, an action worthy of a master, a master-stroke. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > [noun] > an act or deed > exceptional or remarkable adventurec1300 bearinga1387 feata1400 hardiment1487 facta1525 derring-do1579 achievement1583 adventry1616 coup d'éclat1668 exploit1725 venture1810 stunt1892 a hard act to follow1942 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt > a first attempt coup d'essai1668 cockshy1891 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > act or achievement wonder-work971 wonder?1473 miracle1586 coup d'éclat1668 coup de théâtre1747 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > display of skill > an act or feat of skill > masterly master-prize1604 masterpiece1607 coup de maître1668 master touch1687 masterstroke1691 1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 54 Any Character or humour wherein he would show a Coup de Maistre, or his highest skill. 1676 G. Etherege Man of Mode iv. ii. 72 Sir Fop...I have been endeavouring at a song!.. 'Tis my Coup d' Essay in English. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 324. ⁋1 To put the Watch to a total Rout, and mortify some of those inoffensive Militia, is reckon'd a Coup d'éclat. 1760 S. Foote Minor i. 26 Ay, that will be a coup de maîtro. a1777 S. Foote Devil upon Two Sticks (1778) iii. 69 It may do for a coup d'essai, and prove no bad foundation for a future engagement. 1819 T. E. Bowdich Mission to Ashantee i. vi. 123 It would be a coup d'éclat much more important and agreeable, if he could settle the Warsaw palaver as well. 1845 J. W. Croker in Q. Rev. Sept. 526 This work seems..to be a respectable coup d'essai, written with some thought. 1894 A. Conan Doyle Mem. Sherlock Holmes 270 There are limits..to our friend's intelligence. It would have been a coup-de-maître had he deduced what I would deduce and acted accordingly. < as lemmas |
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