outrance
/oo-trahns/US // uˈtrɑ̃s //
暴行,愤怒,愤怒的人
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
French.
- : the utmost extremity.
Examples
But a narrow bridge over a deep gulf is a bad place for a battle outrance.
Between the members of that society, at any rate, it was not to be pursued outrance.
Outrance, owt′rans, n. the utmost extremity: the bitter end.
The end of it was a combat à outrance in the meads by the Loire, with all Tours on the walls to behold it.
He had the ill luck to push his sports too far; and did kill a knight of Lancashire in a battle à outrance.
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