单词 | fire zone |
释义 | > as lemmasfire zone fire zone n. (a) an area swept by gunfire; (b) an area in which an uncontrolled or destructive fire is burning. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line > area subjected to gunfire or bombing fire zone1873 beaten zone1918 bomb alley1942 1873 Daily News 2 Aug. 3/5 That all extensions should be performed before entering within the fire zone. 1898 Dundee Courier & Argus 21 Apr. 3/6 It was decided to..fence round the fire zone, the indraft of air [to the mine] partly stopped, and the current diverted to clear the return airways. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 125 All four companies worked their way..out of the fire-zone. 1998 T. Marshall Price of Exit i. 18 They were carried out of the fire zone and medevacked. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 16 Sept. a24/4 Many are from federal ‘hotshot’ crews—firefighters dropped into the hottest and most dangerous fire zones. < as lemmas |
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