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scatter-armed

/skat-er-ahrmd/US // ˈskæt ərˌɑrmd //

散兵游勇,散兵游勇式,散兵作战,散兵游勇式的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Sports.

    • : having poor control of the ball in a game in which throwing a ball is part of the play; tending to throw a ball outside its intended path: scatter-armed pitchers;a strong but scatter-armed quarterback.

Examples

  • They are, to say the least, preparing for civil war (the polling stations are stormed by armed gangs).

  • Most travelers return home from trips revitalized and armed with new goals.

  • Major General Jean Kahwaji of the Lebanese armed forces recently declared an “open-ended war” with the militants.

  • In their midst stands a soldier with the Lebanese armed forces in a red beret, sporting an assault rifle and an unblinking stare.

  • But the police nevertheless declared Stone to be “armed and dangerous,” despite getting around with a cane.

  • All our people were well mounted, and armed with rifles, pistols, and bowie-knives.

  • To this, it is greatly to be feared, the fiery Southerns will not submit without an armed struggle.

  • Nearly half the regiment ran to secure their picketed horses, armed themselves in hot haste, and galloped to the gaol.

  • The village was held by about 400 armed natives, who had killed one native and two European soldiers on the way.

  • Thus the whole State became one vast armed camp, nearly forty thousand men on a side, arrayed against each other.