Parry

(noun.) (fencing) blocking a lunge or deflecting it with a circular motion of the sword.

(verb.) impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball); 'block an attack'.

整理:鲁道夫

• Maurice, replied Mrs Dengelton severely, unable to parry this attack, remember your cousin is in the room. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Come, come, Lady Dedlock, we must not fence and parry now. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• No man could, generally speaking, parry a joke better than Argyle: for few knew the world better: but this was no joke. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Not much, I am sorry to say, answered the Vicar, accustomed to parry Mr. Toller's banter about his belief in the new medical light. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• She was _parry_lized with fright, but she went, and oh, what _do_ you think he did? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She could not even parry the shafts; she was defenceless for the present. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• My blade was swinging with the rapidity of lightning as I sought to parry the thrusts and cuts of my opponents. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Somewhat confounded, Miss Wren parried the pleasantry, and sat down in a corner behind the door, with her basket in her lap. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I parried the question as well as I could. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Caroline used to be fluttered by them at first, but she had now got into the way of parrying these home-thrusts like a little Quakeress. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He had hit on a more ingenious mode of parrying than he was aware of. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

整理:莱缪尔