rapier

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Английский Язык - Турецкий язык
meç
ince kılıç
iğneli söz
rapier thrust meçle vuruş
dar ve uzun kılıç
{i} meç, düz ve uzun kılıç

Связанные Термины

rapier thrust
iğneli söz
rapier loom
(Tekstil) kancalı dokuma tezgahı, şişli dokuma tezgahı
Английский Язык - Английский Язык
Cutting smarts or keen wit

John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.

Extremely sharp

That knife is very rapier.

A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless)

The unseen good old man.

{i} type of narrow-bladed sword used in the 18th century; type of double-edged sword used in the 16th and 17th centuries
If you say that someone has a rapier wit, you mean that they are very intelligent and quick at making clever comments or jokes in a conversation. Julie Burchill is famous for her precocity and rapier wit. a long thin sword with two sharp edges (rapière)
a straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges
a long, double-edged thrusting sword popular in the 16th- 17th centuries
A rapier is a very thin sword with a long sharp point
A long, double-edged thrusting sword popular in the 16th-17th centuries
A civilian sword with a relatively long, lean blade to favor thrusting Especially 16th and 17th centuries
Also called "duello" or "fencing " These are the weapons used by the Three Musketeers and Sir Walter Raleigh: epees, foils, sabers, schlagers; face masks and gorgets; and doublets or fencing tunics See The Art of Defence, or contact the rapier marshal for more information
{s} extremely sharp, very keen; that describes a statement or sense of humour which is extremely shrewd and amusing
A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting
Long thrusting sword developed in Italy in the 1480's Originally used for both cut and thrust, the rapier became a weapon primarily used for thrusting Over one hundred variations were developed

Связанные Термины

A rapier
stiletto
James T Rapier
born Nov. 13, 1837, Florence, Ala., U.S. died May 31, 1883, Montgomery, Ala. U.S. politician. The son of a slave and a wealthy planter, he was educated in Canada and Scotland. After the American Civil War he returned to Alabama, where he became a successful cotton planter and a delegate to the state's first Republican convention. Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-75) during Reconstruction, he worked for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875. He was later collector of internal revenue in Alabama's second district, and he remained active as a labour organizer and publisher of the Montgomery Sentinel
James Thomas Rapier
born Nov. 13, 1837, Florence, Ala., U.S. died May 31, 1883, Montgomery, Ala. U.S. politician. The son of a slave and a wealthy planter, he was educated in Canada and Scotland. After the American Civil War he returned to Alabama, where he became a successful cotton planter and a delegate to the state's first Republican convention. Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives (1873-75) during Reconstruction, he worked for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1875. He was later collector of internal revenue in Alabama's second district, and he remained active as a labour organizer and publisher of the Montgomery Sentinel
rapiers
plural of rapier
rapier

    Расстановка переносов

    ra·pi·er

    Турецкое произношение

    reypiır

    Произношение

    /ˈrāpēər/ /ˈreɪpiːɜr/

    Этимология

    () From Middle French (espee) rapiere.
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