| 单词 | death angle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath angle death angle n. a (narrow or constricted) point in a military position where serious loss of life has taken place. ΚΠ 1863 G. F. Noyes Bivouac & Battlefield xiii. 131 Flanked and outnumbered, we can not..remain in this hideous death-angle another instant. 1888 R. Johnson Short Hist. War Secession xxiii. 385 The fighting around the ‘death-angle’, as the soldiers called it, was kept up past midnight. 1959 Phoenix 13 13 The cry of the English infantry as they advanced on the death angle: ‘Viva la Regina e poi kelam kelam (kill 'em, kill 'em)’. 1994 J. Von Mehren Minerva & Muse xxiii. 306 The defenders now had no choice but to storm this point, funneling up..to the walled-in triangle, ‘the death angle’ leading to the entrance to the Corsini grounds where the French were massed. < as lemmas |
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