William Tell

短语

n. 威廉泰尔（罗西尼所作歌剧, 等于Tell William）

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    The act of shooting an object off the top of a person's head.

    定语

    […] did a William Tell number on his wife, you know, with a glass of gin on her head […]

    According to Zornberg, "Rashi cites the midrash that presents the game the boys are playing as a kind of William Tell game, with Ishmael shooting arrows at Isaac and then claiming, 'But I am only playing.'"

    2018, Karen Rose, Death Is Not Enough Did a William Tell type act where he shot an apple off his assistant's head.

词源

After the legendary Swiss folk hero said to have shot an apple off his son's head with an arrow.

来源：wiktionary