| 单词 | island-hop |
| 释义 | > as lemmasisland-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. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > other operations 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. < as lemmas |
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