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• counterattack

語源

From counter- +‎ attack.

発音

名詞

counter-attack (plural counter-attacks)

1. An attack made in response to an attack by the opponents
   • 2012 August 23, Alasdair Lamont, “Hearts 0-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Liverpool should really have taken the lead on 33 minutes. A lightning quick counter-attack was led by Jordan Henderson down the right.

同意語

• counter-offensive

反意語

• counter-time

動詞

counter-attack (third-person singular simple present counter-attacks, present participle counter-attacking, simple past and past participle counter-attacked)

1. To attack in response to an attack by opponents.
   • 1959 September, “Talking of Trains: Attack and counter-attack”, in Trains Illustrated, page 405:

     Taking a full-page advertisement in the New York Times, the New Haven counter-attacked with vigour.

参照

• “counter-attack”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

名詞

counterattack (plural counterattacks)

1. Alternative form of counter-attack

動詞

counterattack (third-person singular simple present counterattacks, present participle counterattacking, simple past and past participle counterattacked)

1. Alternative form of counter-attack

派生語