“brutum fulmen”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

brutum fulmen

释义

‖ brutum fulmen, phr.|ˈbruːtəm ˈfʌlmɛn|
Pl. bruta fulmina.
[L., = ‘senseless thunderbolt’ (Pliny N.H. ii. xliii).]
A mere noise; an ineffective act or empty threat.
1603Sir C. Heydon Def. Iudic. Astrol. 55 The Councells and decrees of the Church..prooue but bruta fulmina, making vaine cracks without any touch of that which I defend.a1680T. Goodwin Works (1685) XI. 131 It hath been brutum fulmen to us, a thunderbolt of no force.1767J. Wesley Let. 5 Mar. in Jrnl. (1827) III. 266 Till this is done, all you add (bitterly enough) is mere brutum fulmen.1835J. W. Croker in Q. Rev. Sept. 550 This rhodomontade..was..a mere brutum fulmen.1963Times 8 Mar. 5/4 No legal aid certificate in a limited form could be issued for such a limitation would be brutum fulmen.

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