counterblast
/koun-ter-blast, -blahst/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌblæst, -ˌblɑst //UK // (ˈkaʊntəˌblɑːst) //
反吹,反击,反爆,反爆炸
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an unrestrained and vigorously powerful response to an attacking statement.
Examples
A wonderful counterblast in The Times today to yesterday's extraordinary hatchet job on Cressida Bonas in the Mail.
James I. sent forth his famous "Counterblast" and in the strongest manner condemned its use.
From your weed rose the cloud that no counterblast, royal or plebeian, has ever yet been able to sweep away from the lips of men.
Every time I made a false step, I had to devise some new “miracle” by way of counterblast.
Miss Moore has already prewritten her counterblast to my criticism in her poem "to a Steam Roller."
James I published a very intemperate Counterblast against Tobacco.
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