| 单词 | side thrust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasside thrust side thrust n. (a) a lunge from the side with a sword or other sharp weapon; (figurative) an indirect attack or criticism, a sideswipe; (b) a thrust or force that acts sideways. ΚΠ 1598 L. A. tr. M. Martínez Seuenth Bk. Myrrour of Knighthood iv. sig. H3 Quickly with a syde thrust vpon it, he had almost tumbled her to the ground. 1782 W. Cowper Retirement in Poems 293 To..stab religion with a sly side-thrust. 1821 J. G. Lockhart Valerius I. xii. 254 Then is the time for the gladiator to start aside, and have at him with a side-thrust. 1855 Ecclesiologist 16 338 The lofty and unstable outer walls of the wide nave would be forced apart by the side-thrust of the vaulting. 1998 Eng. Hist. Rev. 113 302 Whately did indeed open with what was perhaps a side-thrust at the Duke of Newcastle's ‘salutary neglect’. 2001 RCM & E (Radio Control Models & Electronics) Mar. 69/2 I needed 3° of side-thrust..to offset torque from the GMS 76. < as lemmas |
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