資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Strike \Strike\, v. t. [imp. {Struck}; p. p. {Struck},
   {Stricken}({Stroock}, {Strucken}, Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Striking}. Struck is more commonly used in the p. p. than
   stricken.] [OE. striken to strike, proceed, flow, AS.
   str[=i]can to go, proceed, akin to D. strijken to rub,
   stroke, strike, to move, go, G. streichen, OHG. str[=i]hhan,
   L. stringere to touch lightly, to graze, to strip off (but
   perhaps not to L. stringere in sense to draw tight), striga a
   row, a furrow. Cf. {Streak}, {Stroke}.]
   1. To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or
      with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either
      with the hand or with any instrument or missile.

            He at Philippi kept His sword e'en like a dancer;
            while I struck The lean and wrinkled Cassius.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To come in collision with; to strike against; as, a bullet
      struck him; the wave struck the boat amidships; the ship
      struck a reef.

   3. To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a
      force to; to dash; to cast.

            They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
            two sideposts.                        --Ex. xii. 7.

            Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow.
                                                  --Byron.

   4. To stamp or impress with a stroke; to coin; as, to strike
      coin from metal: to strike dollars at the mint.

   5. To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate; to set in
      the earth; as, a tree strikes its roots deep.

   6. To punish; to afflict; to smite.

            To punish the just is not good, nor strike princes
            for equity.                           --Prov. xvii.
                                                  26.

   7. To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or
      notify by audible strokes; as, the clock strikes twelve;
      the drums strike up a march.

   8. To lower; to let or take down; to remove; as, to strike
      sail; to strike a flag or an ensign, as in token of
      surrender; to strike a yard or a topmast in a gale; to
      strike a tent; to strike the centering of an arch.

   9. To make a sudden impression upon, as by a blow; to affect
      sensibly with some strong emotion; as, to strike the mind,
      with surprise; to strike one with wonder, alarm, dread, or
      horror.

            Nice works of art strike and surprise us most on the
            first view.                           --Atterbury.

            They please as beauties, here as wonders strike.
                                                  --Pope.

   10. To affect in some particular manner by a sudden
       impression or impulse; as, the plan proposed strikes me
       favorably; to strike one dead or blind.

             How often has stricken you dumb with his irony!
                                                  --Landor.

   11. To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a
       stroke; as, to strike a light.

             Waving wide her myrtle wand, She strikes a
             universal peace through sea and land. --Milton.

   12. To cause to ignite; as, to strike a match.

   13. To make and ratify; as, to strike a bargain.

   Note: Probably borrowed from the L. f[oe]dus ferrire, to
         strike a compact, so called because an animal was
         struck and killed as a sacrifice on such occasions.

   14. To take forcibly or fraudulently; as, to strike money.
       [Old Slang]

   15. To level, as a measure of grain, salt, or the like, by
       scraping off with a straight instrument what is above the
       level of the top.

   16. (Masonry) To cut off, as a mortar joint, even with the
       face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.

   17. To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly; as, my eye struck a
       strange word; they soon struck the trail.

   18. To borrow money of; to make a demand upon; as, he struck
       a friend for five dollars. [Slang]

   19. To lade into a cooler, as a liquor. --B. Edwards.

   20. To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.

             Behold, I thought, He will . . . strike his hand
             over the place, and recover the leper. --2 Kings v.
                                                  11.

   21. To advance; to cause to go forward; -- used only in past
       participle. ``Well struck in years.'' --Shak.

   {To strike an attitude}, {To strike a balance}. See under
      {Attitude}, and {Balance}.

   {To strike a jury} (Law), to constitute a special jury
      ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain
      number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to
      reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
      --Burrill.

   {To strike a lead}.
       (a) (Mining) To find a vein of ore.
       (b) Fig.: To find a way to fortune. [Colloq.]

   {To strike} {a ledger, or an account}, to balance it.

   {To strike hands with}.
       (a) To shake hands with. --Halliwell.
       (b) To make a compact or agreement with; to agree with.
           

   {To strike off}.
       (a) To erase from an account; to deduct; as, to strike
           off the interest of a debt.
       (b) (Print.) To impress; to print; as, to strike off a
           thousand copies of a book.

Attitude \At"ti*tude\, n. [It. attitudine, LL. aptitudo, fr. L.
   aptus suited, fitted: cf. F. attitude. Cf. {Aptitude}.]
   1. (Paint. & Sculp.) The posture, action, or disposition of a
      figure or a statue.

   2. The posture or position of a person or an animal, or the
      manner in which the parts of his body are disposed;
      position assumed or studied to serve a purpose; as, a
      threatening attitude; an attitude of entreaty.

   3. Fig.: Position as indicating action, feeling, or mood; as,
      in times of trouble let a nation preserve a firm attitude;
      one's mental attitude in respect to religion.

            The attitude of the country was rapidly changing.
                                                  --J. R. Green.

   {To strike an attitude}, to take an attitude for mere effect.

   Syn: {Attitude}, {Posture}.

   Usage: Both of these words describe the visible disposition
          of the limbs. Posture relates to their position
          merely; attitude refers to their fitness for some
          specific object. The object of an attitude is to set
          forth exhibit some internal feeling; as, attitude of
          wonder, of admiration, of grief, etc. It is,
          therefore, essentially and designedly expressive. Its
          object is the same with that of gesture; viz., to hold
          forth and represent. Posture has no such design. If we
          speak of posture in prayer, or the posture of
          devotion, it is only the natural disposition of the
          limbs, without any intention to show forth or exhibit.

                'T is business of a painter in his choice of
                attitudes (positur[ae]) to foresee the effect
                and harmony of the lights and shadows. --Dryden.

                Never to keep the body in the same posture half
                an hour at a time.                --Bacon.