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单词 archer
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Definition of archer in English:

archer

noun ˈɑːtʃəˈɑrtʃər
  • 1A person who shoots with a bow and arrows, especially at a target as a sport.

    射箭运动员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • An experienced archer could fire an arrow every five seconds.
    • To get the most from bow tuning the archer's shooting style must be consistent.
    • Some archers allow the arrow to rest on the top of their forefinger, some prefer the rest.
    • Massed ranks of archers would aim their arrows high, to achieve a large range, without particularly careful aiming.
    • They rode through the wall and into the city flanked by cavalry and archers and soldiers on foot.
    • But did the Neolithic arrowhead mean that they had found a prehistoric archer?
    • All young men in medieval villages were expected to practice archery so there were many skilled archers to be found.
    • In the fourteenth century Edward III incorporated mounted archers using the native longbow into his army.
    • Each section was divided into three rows - the archers, the infantry and the cavalry.
    • The English troops, mainly archers and foot soldiers, dug in behind wooden stakes between thickly wooded ground.
    • Athena, disguised like a Trojan, finds the archer Pandarus to shoot an arrow at Menelaus.
    • At Falkirk, in more open ground than at Stirling, the English knights and archers were devastating.
    • If an archer shoots their arrow into the wrong target face, that arrow will not score any points.
    • The Stoics use the analogy of the archer shooting at a target to explain this notion.
    • A novice archer would also bow to the target after the first hit of the day, while advanced archers would not.
    • He prepared special archers and cavalry forces for the battles with the invaders.
    • Many handbow archers use sights, and latches with triggers called mechanical releases.
    • It is very important that the arrows are ‘matched’ to the archer and their bow.
    • Once an archer downed a target, he nocked an arrow while relocating to another firing site.
    • The size of the bow and the length of the arrow depend entirely upon the size of the archer.
    Synonyms
    bowman
    1. 1.1the Archer The zodiacal sign or constellation Sagittarius.
      人马座

Origin

Middle English: from Old French archier, based on Latin arcus 'bow'.

Rhymes

departure, kwacha, marcher, starcher, viscacha

Definition of archer in US English:

archer

nounˈärCHərˈɑrtʃər
  • 1A person who shoots with a bow and arrows, especially at a target for sport.

    射箭运动员

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some archers allow the arrow to rest on the top of their forefinger, some prefer the rest.
    • It is very important that the arrows are ‘matched’ to the archer and their bow.
    • They rode through the wall and into the city flanked by cavalry and archers and soldiers on foot.
    • A novice archer would also bow to the target after the first hit of the day, while advanced archers would not.
    • The size of the bow and the length of the arrow depend entirely upon the size of the archer.
    • He prepared special archers and cavalry forces for the battles with the invaders.
    • An experienced archer could fire an arrow every five seconds.
    • All young men in medieval villages were expected to practice archery so there were many skilled archers to be found.
    • Massed ranks of archers would aim their arrows high, to achieve a large range, without particularly careful aiming.
    • The English troops, mainly archers and foot soldiers, dug in behind wooden stakes between thickly wooded ground.
    • Many handbow archers use sights, and latches with triggers called mechanical releases.
    • Once an archer downed a target, he nocked an arrow while relocating to another firing site.
    • Each section was divided into three rows - the archers, the infantry and the cavalry.
    • If an archer shoots their arrow into the wrong target face, that arrow will not score any points.
    • The Stoics use the analogy of the archer shooting at a target to explain this notion.
    • In the fourteenth century Edward III incorporated mounted archers using the native longbow into his army.
    • To get the most from bow tuning the archer's shooting style must be consistent.
    • At Falkirk, in more open ground than at Stirling, the English knights and archers were devastating.
    • Athena, disguised like a Trojan, finds the archer Pandarus to shoot an arrow at Menelaus.
    • But did the Neolithic arrowhead mean that they had found a prehistoric archer?
    Synonyms
    bowman
    1. 1.1the Archer The zodiacal sign or constellation Sagittarius.
      人马座

Origin

Middle English: from Old French archier, based on Latin arcus ‘bow’.

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