| 单词 | sicilian defence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasSicilian defence a. In special collocations, as Sicilian embroidery (see quot. 1882); Sicilian defence, Sicilian game, Sicilian opening (in chess); Sicilian Vespers (see quot. 1728). Sicilian Evensong: = Sicilian Vespers. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > slaughter > [noun] > instance of slaughter1483 Sicilian Vespers1586 plot of the long knivesa1604 blood feast?1611 Parisian matins1614 Parisian massacre1657 bloodbath1814 Roman holiday1818 holocaust1833 bath of blood1882 pogrom1889 bloodfest1907 blood purge1959 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > chess > [noun] > named openings or continuations gambit1735 game1735 Giuoco Piano1813 Sicilian game1847 Sicilian opening1852 Ruy Lopez1859 French defence1868 Sicilian defence1875 Siesta gambit1935 King's (or Queen's) Indian defence1942 Nimzo-Indian1954 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > ornamental textiles > ornamental trimmings > [noun] > other label1440 tag1570 O1587 velvet-guard1598 seam1687 looping1690 patte1835 sequin1857 flot1872 torsade1872 Sicilian embroidery1882 astrakhan1887 goffering1889 fob1894 strass1926 1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 771 All the Frenchmen that were in the Ile of Sicilia..vpon Easter day, at the first peale to Euensong..were all put to death..whereupon this prouerbe doth yet remaine amongst vs, The Sicilian Euensong [Fr. Vespres Siciliennes]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vespres Siciliennes, the Sicilian Evensong; mischiefes done, or death inflicted, in a place, and time, of imagined securitie. a1649 W. Drummond Irene in Wks. (1711) 168 Towns will close their Gates upon you; and ye may some Day expect a Sicilian Even-Song. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia at Vespers Sicilian Vesperas, is taken proverbially [etc., copying Cotgrave]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Vespers Sicilian Vespers,..a general Massacre of all the French in Sicily, in the Year 1282; to which the first Toll that call'd to Vespers was the Signal. 1802 J. Pinkerton Mod. Geogr. II. 638 After the Sicilian vespers, 1282, Sicily was seized by a fleet sent by the kings of Arragon. 1847 H. Staunton Chess-player's Handbk. v. ii. 371 The Sicilian Game... In the opinion of Jaenisch..this is the best possible reply to the move of I.P. to K's 4th. 1852 H. Staunton Chess Tournament 29 I have before taken occasion to remark that in this position of the Sicilian Opening, the first player may gain time..by taking off the Kt. at once. 1875 G. H. D. Gossip Chess-player's Man. iv. xxx. 799 The ‘Sicilian’ is now considered by most modern authorities to be a comparatively weak mode of play... We are of the opinion that the Sicilian defence is not so bad as it has been represented. 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 448/2 Sicilian Embroidery, an effective and easy work, formed with muslin, thin cambric, and braid, and is used for trimmings to washing dresses or for tea cloths and ornamental linen. 1883 Standard 28 Apr. 3/1 Noa and Tchigorin drew a Sicilian opening. 1900 Knowledge 1 Aug. 192/1 The success attending the Sicilian defence is especially noteworthy. 1975 Amer. Speech 1971 46 232 One can hear heated arguments on the virtues of the Maroczy Variation of the Scheveningen System in the Sicilian Defence to the King's Pawn Opening. < as lemmas |
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