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by-blow

/bahy-bloh/US // ˈbaɪˌbloʊ //

旁敲侧击,旁白,旁敲侧击的,旁观者清

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an incidental or accidental blow.
    • : Also bye-blow . an illegitimate child; bastard.

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Examples

  • This is a blow against freedom of speech, we were told, by the likes of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson.

  • Liberal Democrats like to blow their bugles about how all the big money in politics comes from rich Republicans.

  • On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”

  • It took a blow to the head from Clark and the assistance of three deputies to subdue her.

  • A step-by-step plan to break from your various technology addictions.

  • All along the highways and by-paths of our literature we encounter much that pertains to this "queen of plants."

  • It was like his beautiful courtesy to call me in and introduce me to Blow instead of letting me go away.

  • John was baptizing at a large pool called Ænon-by-Saleim,—probably allegorical, meaning “Fountain of Repose.”

  • He who has attained it grows giddy, and the fiercest winds are summoned to blow him from his eminence.

  • Upon his knees then, he lingered, while I rained blow after blow upon his upturned face.