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词汇 rapier-like
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Definition of rapier-like in English:

rapier-like

adjective
  • Very quick and accurate or incisive.

    his rapier-like wit
    a rapier-like crosscourt backhand
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Students delivered several rapier-like thrusts of logic that impressed the panels of judges, made up of eminent scientists, artists, philosophers and captains of industry.
    • The Italian, though, refused to lie down, breaking again for a 4-1 lead with a rapier-like crosscourt backhand.
    • Using his rapier-like jab and speed afoot, Ali earned a lopsided decision in a bout that was physically much tougher than the final outcome indicates.
    • The astuteness and rapier-like quality of his writing doesn't need smarmy expletive witticisms to back it up.
    • "The whole operation had a rapier-like thrust which could not possibly have been the inspiration of a sick, weary Prime Minister; nor was it his style."
    • With a blog you have the opportunity to set these mistaken people right by exposing them to your rapier-like logic.
    • He found the bottom corner with a rapier-like strike.
    • This could be achieved by threatening from several directions and launching high-speed, rapier-like strikes at operational headquarters and communications centres.
    • He himself was a good chairman, thanks to his phenomenal memory and his ability to put rapier-like questions which penetrated to the core of the matter.
    • His merciless scorn, his blistering sarcasm, his rapier-like thrusts of irony must have made many an opponent squirm.

Definition of rapier-like in US English:

rapier-like

adjectiveˈrāpēərˌlīk
  • Very quick and accurate or incisive.

    his rapier-like wit
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This could be achieved by threatening from several directions and launching high-speed, rapier-like strikes at operational headquarters and communications centres.
    • His merciless scorn, his blistering sarcasm, his rapier-like thrusts of irony must have made many an opponent squirm.
    • The Italian, though, refused to lie down, breaking again for a 4-1 lead with a rapier-like crosscourt backhand.
    • Students delivered several rapier-like thrusts of logic that impressed the panels of judges, made up of eminent scientists, artists, philosophers and captains of industry.
    • Using his rapier-like jab and speed afoot, Ali earned a lopsided decision in a bout that was physically much tougher than the final outcome indicates.
    • He found the bottom corner with a rapier-like strike.
    • He himself was a good chairman, thanks to his phenomenal memory and his ability to put rapier-like questions which penetrated to the core of the matter.
    • The astuteness and rapier-like quality of his writing doesn't need smarmy expletive witticisms to back it up.
    • "The whole operation had a rapier-like thrust which could not possibly have been the inspiration of a sick, weary Prime Minister; nor was it his style."
    • With a blog you have the opportunity to set these mistaken people right by exposing them to your rapier-like logic.
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