| 单词 | coast-defence |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoast-defence coast-defence n. the protection of the coast of a country from attack by sea, either by forts or sea-vessels. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [noun] > defence of coast coast-defence1854 1854 Chambers's Jrnl. 172/1 A plan for coast defence. 1869 Chambers's Jrnl. 710/1 A low-speed coast-defence vessel. 1883 Whitaker's Almanack 445/2 Norway.—Has only 4 coast-defence monitors. 1886 Harper's Mag. June 23/1 Another type of ships, which are styled ‘coast-defence vessels’. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 28 Dec. 2/1 Our coast-defence artillery. 1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 888/2 Modern coast defense installations up to and including the World War II period relied on camouflage and dispersion as well as limited mobility. 1966 J. L. Moulton Norwegian Campaign 1940 iii. 81 The senior naval officer at Narvik knew the weakness of the two 40-year-old coast defence ships. < as lemmas |
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