单词 | half-tracked |
释义 | > as lemmashalf-tracked 1. [track n.] A vehicle, usu. military, with wheels in front and traction chains in the rear; also attrib. Also half-tracked adj., of such a vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicles with other means of motion > [noun] > tracked vehicle > half-track half-track1927 1927 Daily Express 7 Mar. 1/2 Though armoured cars are still tied to roads, the introduction of the half~tracked and the six-wheel carriage will..enable them to move over normal field land. 1935 Sun (Baltimore) 9 Feb. 2/3 This force would necessitate acquisition of 285 lightweight tanks..and 76 half-track cars. 1943–4 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 27 Oct. - 11 Apr. 236 Manned by American infantrymen, this half-track vehicle is stolidly ploughing its way through thick mud. 1945 Times 24 Mar. 4/1 Infantry with the task-force dropped off the half-tracks in which they travelled and flushed the woods. 1945 Times 12 May 4/2 There were a few mechanical vehicles, including some of the standard half-tracked troop~carriers. 1955 Times 6 June 5/1 Israel forces made use of machine-guns and half-tracked vehicles in an attack on Egyptian positions. 1973 Jewish Chron. 19 Jan. 1/1 (caption) An Israeli Army half-track vehicle carries civilians across a main square in Jerusalem as the capital lies under the heaviest fall of snow for 21 years. < as lemmas |
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