broadside

FREQ #49432

n. 猛烈的攻击/谴责, 连珠炮似的攻讦/谴责, 舷侧 adv. 无目标地, 胡乱地

发音

UK /ˈbrɔːdsaɪd/
其它
US /ˈbrɔdˌsaɪd/

词形变化

broadsides 复数 broadsides broadsided broadsides 三单 broadsiding broadsiding 现在分词 broadsided 过去式 broadsided 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One side of a ship above the waterline.

    航海 交通
  2. 2.

    All the guns on one side of a warship.

  3. 3.

    The simultaneous firing of these guns.

  4. 4.

    A forceful attack, whether written or spoken.

    引申义

    Although slaveholders managed - through a combination of political compromise and ideological broadside - to contain the threat of a major anti-slavery compaign by fellow Southerners, planters could never be totally sure of non-slaveholders' loyalty to the social order.

  5. 5.

    A large sheet of paper, printed on one side and folded.

  6. 6.

    The printed lyrics of a folk song or ballad; a broadsheet.

v.
  1. 1.

    To collide with something side-on.

    及物
adv.
  1. 1.

    Sideways; with the side turned to the direction of some object.

    1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure They were going some 60-80 mph [on a motorcycle] down a 30 mph street, hit a car broadside & Pat pushed against Bert, who was crushed into the side of the car.

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From broad + side.

来源:wiktionary