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单词 hotspur
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hotspur1

noun ˈhɒtspəːˈhɒtspəˈhɑtspər
archaic
  • A rash, impetuous person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On the one hand, planters have been depicted as perennial hotspurs - hard drinking, fast-living men whose hair-trigger tempers demonstrated little foresight and generated even less systematic thought.
    • Even Rotary flourishes primarily as a Cause, as another opportunity for the Southerner to puff and prance and be a noble hotspur.
    • The King's lunacy had in the meanwhile become so manifest that Prince William had to be installed as prince regent; the royal power was now in the hands of a tractable adherent of the aristocratic clique and of the military hotspurs.
    Synonyms
    madcap, daredevil

Origin

Late Middle English: literally 'a person whose spur is hot from rash or constant riding'.

Hotspur2

proper nounˈhɒtspəˈhɒtspəːˈhɑtspər
  • the nickname of Sir Henry Percy (see Percy, Sir Henry)
 
 

hotspur1

nounˈhätspərˈhɑtspər
archaic
  • A rash, impetuous person.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even Rotary flourishes primarily as a Cause, as another opportunity for the Southerner to puff and prance and be a noble hotspur.
    • On the one hand, planters have been depicted as perennial hotspurs - hard drinking, fast-living men whose hair-trigger tempers demonstrated little foresight and generated even less systematic thought.
    • The King's lunacy had in the meanwhile become so manifest that Prince William had to be installed as prince regent; the royal power was now in the hands of a tractable adherent of the aristocratic clique and of the military hotspurs.
    Synonyms
    madcap, daredevil

Origin

Late Middle English: literally ‘a person whose spur is hot from rash or constant riding’.

Hotspur2

proper nounˈhɑtspərˈhätspər
  • the nickname of Sir Henry Percy (see Percy, Sir Henry)
 
 
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