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quintain

/kwin-tn/US // ˈkwɪn tn //UK // (ˈkwɪntɪn) //

金塔,奎宁,魁北克

Related Words

center中心,中央,中间,中心点 target目标,目标人物,目标是,目标是什么 butt屁股,臀部,屁屁,屁股的问题 omphalos姆帕罗斯,姆巴罗,姆巴罗斯,姆帕罗斯 dead center死中心,正中,死点,死角处 hole in one一孔之见,一孔之隔,一孔不入,一孔之洞 home run全垒打,本垒打,家政服务

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an object mounted on a post or attached to a movable crossbar mounted on a post, used as a target in the medieval sport of tilting.
- : the sport of tilting at a quintain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inbull's-eye

Synonyms

butt屁股,臀部,屁屁,屁股的问题 center中心,中央,中间,中心点 omphalos姆帕罗斯,姆巴罗,姆巴罗斯,姆帕罗斯 target目标,目标人物,目标是,目标是什么 dead center死中心,正中,死点,死角处 direct hit直接命中,直接击中,直击,直接击打 hole in one一孔之见,一孔之隔,一孔不入,一孔之洞 home run全垒打,本垒打,家政服务

Examples

They always kept up the sport of tilting at the Quintain in the water.
He had undertaken to come mounted on a nag of his father's and show the way at the quintain post.
The quintain post stood right before him, and the square board at which he was to tilt was fairly in his way.
Miss Thorne had to explain the noble game she spoke of, and Frank Foster had to own that he never had ridden at the quintain.
This the flying equestrian mounted, and as he was swinging to and fro he had to take with a sword the ring off a quintain.

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