Word of the Day : July 18, 2021

parry

拦挡（攻击等）；躲避

verb PAIR-ee

Definition

1 : to ward off (something, such as a weapon or blow)

抵挡（某物，如武器或击打）

2 : to evade (something, such as a question) by an adroit answer

通过巧妙的回答来回避（某事，例如问题）

Examples

"Sevilla forward Youssef En-Nesyri had a clearer opportunity midway through the first half but his header was blocked by a low save from Spain keeper Unai Simon, who thwarted the Moroccan again before half-time, parrying his shot and then scurrying back to prevent the ball from trickling over the line." — ESPN, 3 May 2021

塞维利亚前锋Youssef En-Nesyri 在上半场有一个很好的机会，但他的头球被西班牙门将乌奈·西蒙(Unai Simon)的低空扑救挡出。上半场结束前，西蒙又一次挫败了摩洛哥人的射门，他挡出射门后又快速回防，阻止了球越过底线。

"When someone referred to Whan as 'Boss,' he parried, 'Not yet.' But he was just being literal. Whan's first day as CEO was still a few weeks away, but the announcement on Feb. 17 that he would take the job had already sent a bolt of lightning through an organization that dates to 1894…." — Alan Shipnuck, Golf Digest, 9 June 2021

当有人称他为“老板”时，他回避道：“还没呢。”但他只是字面上的。Whan 担任首席执行官的第一天还有几周，但在2月17日，他宣布将担任该职位的消息，对这个1894年成立的机构来说，已经快如一道闪电……”

Did You Know?

Parry (which is used in fencing, as well as in other applications) was borrowed from French parer, meaning "to ward off" or "to avert," and may specifically have come directly from the plural imperative form of that word, parez. The French likely borrowed the word from Italian parare, meaning "to prepare, adorn, avert, shield, keep out." That word's source is Latin parāre, meaning "to supply, provide, make ready," an ancestor to many familiar English words, among them prepare, repair, emperor, separate, and apparatus.

Parry（用于击剑以及其他应用）是从法语 parer 借来的，意思是“to ward「抵挡」”或“to avert「避免」”，可能直接来自 parez这个词的复数形式 。 法国人可能从意大利语中借用了 parare 这个词，意思是“to orepare「准备」、adorn「装饰」、avert「避免」、shield「屏蔽」、keep out「挡在外面」”。 这个词的来源是拉丁语 parāre，意思是“to supply, provide, make ready「供应、提供、准备」”，它是许多熟悉的英语单词的祖先，其中包括prepare「准备」、repair「修理」、emperor「皇帝」、separate「分离」和apparatus「设备」。

Test Your Vocabulary

Unscramble the letters to create a word for a fencer's quick return thrust following a parry: PTISOER.