| 词汇 | coign-of-vantage |
| 释义 | coign of vantage noun[ C ] formaluk /ˌkɔɪn əv ˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/ us /ˌkɔɪn əv ˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/ a place from which it is easy or possible to see something: （易于或能够看见某物的）有利位置 Their position gave them a panoramic coign of vantage. 他们的位置赋予他们全景式的优势。 Places and locations anatopism core crime scene deliver something to someone/somewhere direction drop-in hill madding makerspace Mecca multi-location multi-site retroperitoneally scene situation spot station stronghold subsite technology park Examples of coign of vantagecoign of vantage Every one hunted some coignofvantage, and many climbed to adjacent roofs. From Project Gutenberg He imagined the boy sitting up there at some coignofvantage on the bluff, admonishing, advising him dryly, while he laughed in his sleeve. From Project Gutenberg I studied her face minutely from our coignofvantage. From Project Gutenberg Before you have discouraged her, you may have to shunt her off of every plate or other "coignofvantage" with boards or shingles. From Project Gutenberg The prodigy had edged away from his seat to a coignofvantage. From Project Gutenberg From this rare coignofvantage one could witness soul-gripping dramas of human history, the happenings of years being compressed within the limits of days. From Project Gutenberg There is no coignofvantage more effective than the position of young lady cashier. From Project Gutenberg Through its dusky green light he moved cautiously forward to a coignofvantage. From Project Gutenberg Now cabin-hatch, galley-hatch, deck-house, every coignofvantage along the battlefield held its silent cluster of wondering figures. From Project Gutenberg To reach these it was necessary in the first place to dislodge the society from its coignofvantage, its strategical point in the agitation. From Project Gutenberg From some shielded nook or coignofvantage. From Project Gutenberg As a coignofvantage for traders and missionaries, it had been of commanding importance. From Project Gutenberg From that coignofvantage he saw the town stretched out beneath him. From Project Gutenberg Here he paused, and from his coignofvantage looked and listened. From Project Gutenberg But the safest coignofvantage from which to look at it is that formed by the facts. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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