| 单词 | to parry with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto parry with b. intransitive. To parry something unwelcome, threatening, or awkward; to give an adroit or evasive reply. Also to parry with (a person): to engage in repartee with a person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [verb (intransitive)] > escape from threat > take evasive action jouk1513 parry1717 jink1786 right-and-left1856 1717 M. Prior Alma iii. 382 I could..With learned skill, now push, now parry, From Darii to Bocardo vary. 1814 M. Edgeworth Patronage III. xxxiv. 384 Too angry to parry, as she usually did, with wit. 1878 R. Browning La Saisiaz 404 Fancy thrust and Reason parry! 1919 M. R. Rinehart Dangerous Days xxvi. 204 She was in no mood to thrust and parry with him. 1985 A. Brookner Family & Friends i. 13 Her daughters must..laugh and parry even when the proposals are sincere. 2002 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 13 Apr. j2 The diminutive and dapper 77-year-old still parries easily with reporters. < as lemmas |
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