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单词 to strike home
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to strike home
to strike home
1. (See home adv. 4) intransitive. To make an effective stroke or thrust with a weapon or tool. Said also of a weapon or stroke.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] > succeed in striking
hit?a1400
to strike home1590
connect1933
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > strike (of weapon) [verb (intransitive)] > strike with a weapon > effectively
to strike home1590
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > strike (of weapon) [verb (intransitive)]
glidec1275
acoupc1380
lightc1400
grate1525
to strike home1891
1590 Cobler of Caunterburie 10 Because my wife is so idle and will not strike home [with a flail], I stand with my whip to whet hir on.
1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 141 Courage (saith she) brave Souldiers,..Strike, and strike home, lay-on with all your mights.
a1628 R. Daborne Poor-mans Comfort (1655) iii. sig. E2 Who strikes a Lion must be sure strike home.
1695 Fletcher's Bonduca iii. i Britains, Strike Home: Revenge your Country's Wrongs.
1837 T. Campbell Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 186 Strike home, and the world shall revere us As heroes descended from heroes.
1891 Black & White Christm. No. 20/2 The arrow struck home.
figurative.1604 J. Marston Malcontent iv. iii. sig. F3v For he that strikes a great man, let him strike home.
2. Of words, etc.: To tell powerfully; to produce a strong impression.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > be affected by impression [verb (intransitive)] > have effect
to pierce one's stomach1509
reverberate1608
impose1625
bite1638
to strike home1694
to cut ice (with someone)1894
register1913
project1933
1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables vii. 234 Go and do thou likewise. Which words struck home upon his conscience.
1879 E. Dowden Southey vi. 174 The title ‘Satanic School’ struck home.
1885 Manch. Examiner 5 June 5/4 Mr. Bartley's letter asking the Conservative leaders to define a policy appears to have struck home.
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