English Dictionary

by-blow

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈbʌɪbləʊ/

名詞

俗語

A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort. / (slang) An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.

日本語の意味

側面からの打撃、側面に当たる打撃、また二次的・付随的な一撃 / 非嫡出子、庶子（スラング表現として）

The fencer recovered quickly after the sudden by-blow and countered with a precise riposte.

フェンシングの選手は、突然の側面からの一撃から素早く立ち直り、正確な返しで反撃した。

意味（1）

A blow struck to the side or from the side, as in swordplay; a secondary or incidental strike of any sort.

Either commander took speedy advantage of it—Hopton to make a swift diversion into Sussex and capture Arundel Castle (which was but a by-blow, for in a few weeks he had lost it again).

意味（2）

(slang) An illegitimate child; a child of an unknown or unmarried father.

‘Nay,’ said the landlady, ‘if I thought he was a gentleman's son, thof he was a bye-blow, I should behave to him in another guess manner; for many of these bye-blows come to be great men, and, as my poor first husband used to say, never affront any customer that's a gentleman.’

by-blows （ plural ）