单词 | foot army |
释义 | > as lemmasfoot army foot army n. now historical ΚΠ 1572 J. Sadler tr. Vegetius Foure Bks. Martiall Policye iii. xxvi. f. 50 He that hath most trust in his foote armyes: let him get ye higher places for the footemen, & accomplishe his enterprise chiefelye by them. 1644 R. Symonds Diary (1859) 49 The foot army lay short of the hill all night. 1722 A. Bruce Sc. Behemoth Dissected 10 The Army, by the General's Order, cut the Throats, in cold Blood, of all that Foot Army. 1854 Manch. Examiner & Times 31 May 4/4 Napoleon..had what might be called a cavalry army, which did its work after the foot army had done. 2001 H. Sides Ghost Soldiers (2002) 92 The Japanese Army was not heavily motorized; it remained, to a great extent, a foot army. < as lemmas |
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