petard基本信息
读法：英 [pɪ"tɑːd] 美
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英英释义
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中英词源
petard 攻城炸药箱，爆竹
来自中古法语peter,爆炸声，放屁声，来自拉丁语petere,爆炸，放屁，来自PIE*pezd,放屁，拟声词，词源同fart.
- petard
- petard: see feisty
- petard (n.)
- 1590s, "small bomb used to blow in doors and breach walls," from French pétard (late 16c.), from Middle French péter "break wind," from Old French pet "a fart," from Latin peditum, noun use of neuter past participle of pedere "to break wind," from PIE root *pezd- "to fart" (see feisty). Surviving in phrase hoist with one"s own petard (or some variant) "blown up with one"s own bomb," which is ultimately from Shakespeare (1605):
For tis the sport to haue the enginer Hoist with his owne petar ("Hamlet" III.iv.207).
See hoist.
词态变化
复数 petards;
权威造句
- 1. It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.
- 设圈套陷害他的对手固然是个妙计, 可是到头来却是作法自毙.
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- 2. The police hoisted the criminal with his own petard.
- 警察使罪犯搬起石头砸自己的脚.
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- 3. Critics say he is in danger of being hoist with his own petard.
- 有批评者认为他的话无疑是作茧自缚,但不管如何,切尔西是否能有一天超越在全球范围拥有五千五百万球迷、年获得五千万英镑收益的曼彻斯特联队?
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