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单词 half-arm
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half-arm
half-arm adj. and n. now rare (a) adj. (of a blow, fighting, etc.) that uses half the length of the arm; (b) n. a distance or position of half the length of the arm.
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1789 World 7 Sept. He has great power in half-arm blows, the mode of fighting in the old School.
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 18 Each fought at half-arm for superiority.
1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 464 He had too much of half-arm fighting to do severe mischief.
1881 T. A. McCarthy Easy Syst. Calisthenics & Drilling 73 Both clubs lowered to halfarm, then dropped to the side.
2001 J. Benson Much Obliged i. 17 Lord C. actually succeeded in the delivery of a half-arm hit with his right on Lord T. 's left side!
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half-arm
half-arm n. half arm's length.
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1812 Sporting Mag. 39 18 Each fought at half-arm for superiority.
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