Strike
[straɪk]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; 'this pitcher throws more strikes than balls'.
(noun.) a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball; 'he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame'.
(noun.) an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective; 'the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn'.
(noun.) a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions; 'the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled'.
(verb.) cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; 'strike an arc'.
(verb.) arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing; 'strike a balance'; 'strike a bargain'.
(verb.) indicate (a certain time) by striking; 'The clock struck midnight'; 'Just when I entered, the clock struck'.
(verb.) make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target; 'The Germans struck Poland on Sept. 1, 1939'; 'We must strike the enemy's oil fields'; 'in the fifth inning, the Giants struck, sending three runners home to win the game 5 to 2'.
(verb.) produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments, also metaphorically; 'The pianist strikes a middle C'; 'strike `z' on the keyboard'; 'her comments struck a sour note'.
(verb.) pierce with force; 'The bullet struck her thigh'; 'The icy wind struck through our coats'.
(verb.) deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon; 'The teacher struck the child'; 'the opponent refused to strike'; 'The boxer struck the attacker dead'.
(verb.) remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line; 'Please strike this remark from the record'; 'scratch that remark'.
(verb.) produce by ignition or a blow; 'strike fire from the flintstone'; 'strike a match'.
(verb.) stop work in order to press demands; 'The auto workers are striking for higher wages'; 'The employees walked out when their demand for better benefits was not met'.
校對:内尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument or missile.
(v. t.) To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship struck a reef.
(v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
(v. t.) To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.
(v. t.) To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.
(v. t.) To punish; to afflict; to smite.
(v. t.) To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve; the drums strike up a march.
(v. t.) To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.
(v. t.) To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind, with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or horror.
(v. t.) To affect in some particular manner by a sudden impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me favorably; to strike one dead or blind.
(v. t.) To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke; as, to strike a light.
(v. t.) To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.
(v. t.) To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.
(v. t.) To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
(v. t.) To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the level of the top.
(v. t.) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
(v. t.) To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a strange word; they soon struck the trail.
(v. t.) To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck a friend for five dollars.
(v. t.) To lade into a cooler, as a liquor.
(v. t.) To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
(v. t.) To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past participle.
(v. i.) To move; to advance; to proceed; to take a course; as, to strike into the fields.
(v. i.) To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
(v. i.) To hit; to collide; to dush; to clash; as, a hammer strikes against the bell of a clock.
(v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes.
(v. i.) To make an attack; to aim a blow.
(v. i.) To touch; to act by appulse.
(v. i.) To run upon a rock or bank; to be stranded; as, the ship struck in the night.
(v. i.) To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
(v. i.) To break forth; to commence suddenly; -- with into; as, to strike into reputation; to strike into a run.
(v. i.) To lower a flag, or colors, in token of respect, or to signify a surrender of a ship to an enemy.
(v. i.) To quit work in order to compel an increase, or prevent a reduction, of wages.
(v. i.) To become attached to something; -- said of the spat of oysters.
(v. i.) To steal money.
(n.) The act of striking.
(n.) An instrument with a straight edge for leveling a measure of grain, salt, and the like, scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
(n.) A bushel; four pecks.
(n.) An old measure of four bushels.
(n.) Fullness of measure; hence, excellence of quality.
(n.) An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
(n.) The act of quitting work; specifically, such an act by a body of workmen, done as a means of enforcing compliance with demands made on their employer.
(n.) A puddler's stirrer.
(n.) The horizontal direction of the outcropping edges of tilted rocks; or, the direction of a horizontal line supposed to be drawn on the surface of a tilted stratum. It is at right angles to the dip.
(n.) The extortion of money, or the attempt to extort money, by threat of injury; blackmailing.
整理:尼古拉斯
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Smite, beat, hit, knock, slap, bump, pound, give a blow to.[2]. Cast, dash, hurl.[3]. Impress, imprint, stamp, coin, mint.[4]. Thrust, force, drive, impel.[5]. Deal, inflict, give.[6]. Cause (by a sudden impulse), produce.[7]. Impress (suddenly), affect.[8]. Lower (as a sail), take down, haul down.
v. n. [1]. Deal a blow.[2]. Hit, clash, dash, collide, touch, come in contact.[3]. Sound (by percussion).[4]. Dart, penetrate, pass quickly, shoot.[5]. Yield, surrender, strike the flag.[6]. [Modern.] Rebel, mutiny, rise, quit work (in order to extort higher wages).
n. [1]. Stroke.[2]. Strickle, straight-edge.[3]. Suspension of work (in order to extort higher wages), turn-out.
校對:尼古拉斯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Smite, impel, give_a_blow_to, stamp, impress, penetrate, insert, drive, lower,startle, surprise, collide, touch
ANT:Smooth, soothe, caress, pat, stroke, efface, levigate, withdraw, raise, hoist,calm, graze, escape, avoid, pass
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解釋/意思:
v.t. to give a blow to: to hit with force to smite: to pierce: to dash: to stamp: to coin: to thrust in: to cause to sound: to let down as a sail: to ground upon as a ship: to punish: to affect strongly: to affect suddenly with alarm or surprise: to make a compact or agreement to ratify: to take down and remove: to erase (with out off): to come upon unexpectedly: to occur to: to appear to: to assume: to hook a fish by a quick turn of the wrist: (slang) to steal: (B.) to stroke.—v.i. to give a quick blow: to hit: to dash: to sound by being struck: to touch: to run aground: to pass with a quick effect: to dart: to take root: to lower the flag in token of respect or surrender: to give up work in order to secure higher wages or the redress of some grievance: (U.S.) to do menial work for an officer: to become saturated with salt: to run or fade in colour:—pa.t. struck; pa.p. struck (obs. strick′en).—n. act of striking for higher wages: (geol.) the direction of the outcrop of a stratum—the line which it makes when it appears at the surface of the earth always being at right angles to the dip of the bend: (U.S.) any dishonest attempt to extort money by bringing in a bill in the hope of being bought off by those interested: full measure esp. of malt: the whole coinage made at one time: an imperfect matrix for type: the metal plate into which a door-latch strikes as the door closes: the crystalline appearance of hard soaps.—ns. Strike′-pay an allowance paid by a trades-union to men on strike; Strīk′er one who or that which strikes: a green-hand on shipboard.—adj. Strīk′ing affecting: surprising: forcible: impressive: exact.—adv. Strīk′ingly.—n. Strīk′ingness quality of being striking or of affecting or surprising.—Strike a balance to bring out the relative state of a debtor and creditor account; Strike a tent to take it down; Strike down to prostrate by a blow or by illness; Strike for to start suddenly for; Strike from to remove with a stroke; Strike hands (B.) to become surety for any one; Strike home to strike right to the point aimed at; Strike in to enter suddenly: to interpose; Strike into to enter upon suddenly to break into; Strike off to erase from an account to deduct: to print: to separate by a blow; Strike oil to find petroleum when boring for it: to make a lucky hit; Strike out to efface: to bring into light: to direct one's course boldly outwards: to strike from the shoulder: to form by sudden effort; Strike sail to take in sail: to stop; Strike up to begin to beat sing or play; Strike work to cease work.
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例句/造句/用法:
- So they might hope to strike down France at one blow, and deal at their leisure with Russia. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- How do Chimes Strike the Hour? 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- As soon as the current flows, the coils become magnetic and attract the soft iron armature, drawing it forward and causing the clapper to strike the bell. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The movements of the enemy may justify, or even make it your imperative duty, to cut loose from your base, and strike for the interior to aid Sherman. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Does it strike too cold on that sensitive place? 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Don't talk to me, don't, you brute, for fear I should be perwoked to forgit my sect and strike you! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The poor bent, enfeebled creature struck his imagination. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then he struck gold, invested it, and came up by leaps and bounds. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- A clock in the schoolroom struck nine; Miss Miller left her circle, and standing in the middle of the room, cried-- Silence! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- As I did so I struck against an elderly, deformed man, who had been behind me, and I knocked down several books which he was carrying. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- There was no Adrian to superintend and direct, while whole flocks of the poor were struck and killed. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Before I had time to feel shocked, at this, I was horror-struck by an entirely unexpected proceeding on the part of Mr. Godfrey. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- With its sharp clear bell it strikes three quarters after seven and ticks on again. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- It strikes me as if it would do exactly. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- One of these is an imitation of the duck's foot, which expands when it strikes the water, and collapses when it is withdrawn. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- If I don't hear from you before the time you mention, I will break the seal when the clock strikes. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You say he never strikes a blow. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But as long as they strikes out'ards, sir,' continued Sloppy, 'they ain't so much. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- I counted a' th' clocks in the town striking afore I'd leave my work. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- Mr Lammle, striking in here, proclaims aloud that there is a sequel to the story of the man from somewhere. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- This means that definite coordinations of activities of the eyes in seeing and of the body and head in striking are perfected in a few trials. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- I had heard them, alone at the bedside, striking their boots with their riding-whips, and loitering up and down. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- To me, you brought it; on me, you forced it; and the bottom of this raging sea,' striking himself upon the breast, 'has been heaved up ever since. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The champions were therefore prohibited to thrust with the sword, and were confined to striking. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- The smile that played on Mr. Pickwick's features was instantaneously lost in a look of the most unbounded and wonder-stricken surprise. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- One King, holding the curse in light estimation, made the attempt, but was stricken sorely for his presumption. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- They had lounged away in a poverty-stricken, purposeless, accidental manner, quite natural and unimpeachable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The professor had been stricken dumb with surprise by the rapid developments of the past few minutes. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- My dear,' said Mrs Lammle, always laughing in her most captivating way, 'the poor young fellow only says that he is stricken all of a heap. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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