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单词 island-hop
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island-hop
island-hop v. (intransitive) (of the U.S. army in the Pacific during the war of 1941–45) to recapture Japanese-occupied islands one after another; also transferred; chiefly in island-hopping n.
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combined operation1834
night operation1835
police action1855
night op1916
special operation1917
island-hopping1944
jungle-bashing1954
special op1963
psy-op1965
1944 Sat. Evening Post 28 Oct. 98/3 American air power won the battles for Attu, Kwajalein and Tarawa, and has made possible island hopping.
1946 Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 23 Feb. 33/1 Cant takes us along on the island-hopping campaigns.
1955 in Amer. Speech (1956) 31 85 Did you island-hop or did you take the plane directly?
1971 P. Driscoll White Lie Assignment vii. 61 The caiques are built for coasting and island-hopping. They can't take much rough weather.
1972 Guardian 11 Aug. 1/1 The airlift by small, island-hopping aircraft.
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