【每日一词】 parry - 美: [ˈperi] 英: [ˈpæri]

　　v. 挡开；回避n. 挡开；搪塞

　　intransitive verb

　　1: to ward off a weapon or blow

　　parried forcefully and knocked his opponent's sword out of his hand

　　2: to evade or turn aside something

　　can parry and thrust … without losing the thread of his argument

　　—Stewart Cockburn

　　transitive verb

　　1: to ward off (something, such as a blow)

　　parried the thrust of his opponent's sword

　　2: to evade especially by an adroit answer

　　parried the question

　　parry noun

　　Examples of parry in a Sentence

　　He parried the thrust of his opponent's sword.

　　He parried and then threw a punch.

　　She cleverly parried the reporters' questions.

　　Recent Examples on the Web

　　Democrats were shaken in June when Biden, 81, stumbled his way through his debate with Trump, mixing up names and figures, losing his train of thought, failing to parry back against Trump’s lies, and struggling to describe his own accomplishments and vision for a second term.

　　—Brian Bennett, TIME, 21 July 2024

　　From every tournament leading up to Evo 2004, I never got parried.

　　—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2024

　　Now, investors are parrying that central bankers will finally cut interest rates in September after first signaling a move last December.

　　—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 19 July 2024

　　All the candidates are challenging for the seat held by the retiring U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz. Gallego and Lake parried about the proof-of-citizenship bill last week on social media.

　　—Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 16 July 2024