Coup
[kuː] or [kʊ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force.
埃利斯手打
解釋/意思:
n. a blow stroke a successful hit: (billiards) the act of putting a ball in a pocket without having hit another ball.—Coup d'é– at a sudden or violent stroke of state policy as that by which Louis Napoleon subverted the constitution (Dec. 2 1851); Coup de gr鈉e the finishing blow by which a tortured man is put out of pain any decisive stroke generally; Coup de main a sudden and overpowering attack; Coup de ma顃re a master-stroke; Coup de thæ®tre a sudden and sensational turn in a piece: Coup d'œil a general view of a scene or subject taken in at a glance.
n. the front part of a French stagecoach: a four-wheeled carriage seated for two inside with a separate seat for the driver: the front compartment of a railway carriage.—adj. Couped (her.) cut evenly off as the head or limb of an animal.
v.t. to exchange or barter.—n. Coup′er a dealer.
v.t. to overturn.
校對:托妮
例句/造句/用法:
- It is a successful coup de main. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- It would have been a coup-de-maitre had he deduced what I would deduce and acted accordingly. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- But Eginhard, the friend and biographer of Charlemagne, says that the new emperor was by no means pleased by this coup of Pope Leo's. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Monsieur went off like a coup-de-vent the other night; I had not time to ask him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- At the time when all was matured for action, our readers may, perhaps, like to look behind the scenes, and see the final _coup d'etat_. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Aussi vous ne jeterez plus un seul coup d'oeil de sa c?té. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It is not MY republic; if it were, I should have a COUP D'ETAT and seat you on the throne. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Then Kantos Kan sprang his coup. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
校對:路易丝