单词 | friend-foe |
释义 | > as lemmasfriend-foe friend-foe n. and adj. (a) n. a person who is both a friend and enemy; an enemy who appears to be a friend; (b) adj. that is potentially either a friend or an enemy. ΚΠ 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. lxv. 215 Henrie, Duke of Buckingham, third Richards friend-foe. 1599 J. Sylvester tr. J. Du Nesme Miracle Peace in Fraunce 45 The frend-foe strangers With vs, against vs. 1841 Congress. Globe App. Feb. 288/1 Some foe-friend or friend-foe may know perhaps that General Harrison himself does not know me. 1997 G. Penny tr. H.-P. Schwarz Konrad Adenauer 60 He would have been no politician if he had not put the Free Democrats in the friend-foe category. < as lemmas |
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