| 单词 | hands-across-the-sea |
| 释义 | > as lemmashands-across-the-sea hands-across-the-sea n. attributive designating something done or said by one country, organization, etc., as a gesture of friendship to one overseas; of or relating to such a gesture. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > [adjective] > gesture of international friendship hands-across-the-sea1899 1899 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 4/1 Mr. Tree has a new drama in his mind—an old-time hands-across-the-sea subject. 1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Oct. 635/2 What is this but empty rhetoric of the ‘hands-across-the-sea’ brand? 1971 C. Fick Danziger Transcript (1973) 88 It was supposed to be a hands-across-the-sea sort of thing. 2005 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 11 7 A famous hands-across-the-sea ecumenical conference. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。