| 单词 | to take a sideswipe at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take a sideswipe at 2. Originally U.S. A passing critical remark about someone or something; an indirect rebuke or criticism. Frequently in to take a sideswipe at. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [noun] > indirect > instance of sidestroke1611 by-wipe1641 by-fling1651 sidewipe1757 sidekick1844 by-quip1855 sidewiper1870 sideswipe1882 snipe1969 1882 Age (Indianapolis) 26 Aug. 4/3 If he would make such an argument as this just as a little side-swipe when he was talking about something else, what would he do if he was on temperance sure enough? 1924 R. Kipling Prophet & Country in Debits & Credits (1926) 193 A side-swipe at the practically non-existent birth-rate. 1943 K. A. Porter Let. 29 May (1990) iv. 267 I take occasion for a little side-swipe at the high-powered Hollywood aspects of this war. 1966 T. Hughes Let. 29 Dec. (2009) 265 To take a sideswipe at anybody in a pseudo display of critical integrity is dead against everything in me. 1988 H. David Fitzrovians (1989) i.12 It was chiefly an attack on the literary work of Rossetti, but inevitably it also took a few sideswipes at Swinburne. 2012 D. Pierce Long Apprenticeship viii. 192 At Sussex the philosophy tutor took a sideswipe at my interest in continental philosophy. < as lemmas |
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