单词 | iron curtain country |
释义 | > as lemmasIron Curtain country Iron Curtain country n. now historical (during the Cold War of the mid to late 20th cent.) any of the communist countries of the Soviet bloc, esp. one in central or eastern Europe.Usually taken to include the Soviet Union itself. ΚΠ 1946 Troy (N.Y.) Record 10 Dec. 13/4 Mr. Stowe returned..after visiting the Iron Curtain countries of Hungary, Romania and Czechslovakia [sic]. 1962 N. A. Graebner Cold War Diplomacy i. iv. 79 Any evolution toward self-determination..required nothing less than the voluntary withdrawal of Soviet occupation forces from the Iron Curtain countries. 1989 Times 16 Nov. (Appointments section) p. xiv/6 Kinsman..points to the changes in former Iron Curtain countries which will have an impact on business. 2010 D. Oshinsky in A. W. Artenstein Vaccines xii. 218 Sabin accepted an invitation to experiment inside the Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain countries. < as lemmas |
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