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counterblow

/koun-ter-bloh/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌbloʊ //

反击,反吹,反打击,抗击

Related Words

retribution报应,报复,报酬,报偿revenge复仇,报,报复,报仇reprisal报复,报复行为,报复行动,反击counteraction反作用,反行动,反作用力,反行为reciprocation互惠,回报,互惠互利,互助counterattack反击,反攻,逆袭,回击vengeance复仇,报复,报仇,复仇行动countermove反击行动,反运动,反击运动,反动counteroffensive反攻,反击,反攻势,反攻的an eye for an eye以眼还眼,以牙还牙

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a blow given in return or retaliation, as in boxing.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounretaliation
Synonyms
counteraction反作用,反行动,反作用力,反行为counterattack反击,反攻,逆袭,回击countermove反击行动,反运动,反击运动,反动counteroffensive反攻,反击,反攻势,反攻的reciprocation互惠,回报,互惠互利,互助reprisal报复,报复行为,报复行动,反击retribution报应,报复,报酬,报偿revenge复仇,报,报复,报仇vengeance复仇,报复,报仇,复仇行动an eye for an eye以眼还眼,以牙还牙counterstrike反击,反击战,反击赛,反击行动

Examples

  • In the counterblow the edge of Cheever's cuff caught on Dyckman's knuckles and ripped the skin.

  • Counterblow had followed blow, swift as the clash of rapiers in a duel of fencers.

  • It now became necessary for the older body to deal a counterblow.

  • The French retaliated with a counterblow that drove the enemy back (p. 293) in disorder.

  • The orders were to carry the city at all costs, a counterblow to compensate the Germans for their failure to capture Compigne.

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