| 单词 | sham fight |
| 释义 | > as lemmassham fight c. With various qualifying attributes. sham fight: a mimic battle (intended to exercise or test the troops engaged, or simply for display). †single fight: a duel. stand-up fight: one in which the combatants ‘stand up’ manfully to each other. Cf. running adj. 14. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > [noun] > single combat or duel handplayeOE deraignc1300 battlea1400 duellation1502 two-hand battlec1503 combat1567 push of pick1578 monomachy1582 combacy1586 hand fight1587 duel1589 rencounter1590 single fight1598 field meeting1603 camp-fight1605 duello1606 judicial combat1610 fight of stand?1611 stand-fight?1611 business1612 monomachia1624 single combat1625 single field1630 duelliona1637 rencontrea1722 affair of honour1737 meeting1813 holmgang1847 mensur1848 duomachy1885 society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > type of drill or training sham fight1598 field exercise1616 martinet1677 field evolutions1789 foot drill1795 goose-step1806 war-game1828 rope drill1833 field training1836 repetition training1859 skeleton drill1876 drill-down1889 Beast Barracks1896 basic training1898 monkey motion1909 assault course1915 TEWT1942 workup1971 Taceval1977 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > a fight > standing knock-down1845 stand-up1868 stand-up fight1884 the mind > emotion > courage > valour > heroic resistance > [noun] stand-up fight1890 Thermopylae1928 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 v. i. 100 I..will..Trie fortune with him in a single fight . View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 456 Herilus in single Fight I slew. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 July 1/1 We can all understand a stand-up fight on a clear issue. 1890 Spectator 20 Sept. 362/2 The sham fight near Grosswardein in Hungary. sham fight sham fight n. a mimic battle between two divisions of a military or naval force, either for exercise or display.extracted from shamn.1adj.< as lemmas |
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