| 单词 | anzac day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAnzac Day Anzac Day n. the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the Gallipoli Peninsula on 25 April 1915; a national public holiday in Australia and New Zealand, originally commemorating this landing, but later serving as the principal day of remembrance for those who served and died in military operations.In South Australia in 1915, Labour Day was celebrated as Anzac Day in support of the Anzacs (see, e.g., quot. 1915).Anzac Day is also observed in Tonga, Niue, and the Cook Islands. ΚΠ 1915 Advertiser (Adelaide) 27 Aug. 9/4 ‘Anzac Day’. The executive committee of the patriotic procession and carnival, in aid of the Wounded Soldiers' Fund, to be held on October 13, instead of the usual Eight Hours' Celebration, met yesterday at the Chief Secretary's office.] 1916 Brisbane Courier 10 Jan. 8/1 A public meeting will be held in the Exhibition Hall this evening to discuss the steps to be taken for the celebration of Anzac Day on April 25. 1916 Dannevirke Evening News 21 Mar. 4 Anzac Day will be on 25th April, and many people, while believing that it should be suitably celebrated, think that the day is too sacred for the holding of a carnival. 1920 Anzac Day Act 11 Geo.V s1 In commemoration of the part taken by New Zealand troops in the Great War, and in memory of those who gave their lives for the Empire, the twenty-fifth day of April in each year..shall be known as Anzac Day. 1942 Welcome to Aust. 23 Anzac Day (April 25, the anniversary of the Gallipoli landing) is in peace-time one of the most closely-kept holidays of the year. 1977 N. Holmes Best of Homespun 64 Probably it's a confession that we're getting old when we say wistfully that Anzac days are not quite what they were. 2011 Independent 12 Apr. 30/1 When Australia remembers its war dead on Anzac Day later this month, the pubs will be full of old soldiers. < as lemmas |
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