underblow

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A blow from beneath.
    — ...as advancing nearer to the skipper he struck the extended rapier with a dexterous underblow and made it spin...
动词 v.
  1. To fail to blow with sufficient force or energy transitive

词形变化

underblows present,singular,third-person underblowing participle,present underblew past underblown participle,past underblows plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English underblowen, equivalent to under- + blow.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.
Proto-Germanic *blēaną
Proto-West Germanic *blāan
Old English blāwan
Middle English blowen
English blow
English underblow
From under- + blow (noun).
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