单词 | jungle-bashing |
释义 | > as lemmasjungle-bashing jungle-bashing n. [bashing n. 3.] slang movement through a jungle, esp. by soldiers; so jungle-basher. 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 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller in jungle jungli1927 jungle-basher1954 1954 V. Bartlett Rep. from Malaya iii. 46 A man does an average of 700 hours ‘jungle-bashing’ before he kills a Communist. 1963 Times 24 May 14/6 All the poor ‘jungle-bashers’ could offer by way of city reminiscence was the egregious Calcutta. 1969 J. M. Gullick Malaysia ii. 113 British, Malay and other Commonwealth troops spent many weary hours on patrol, ‘jungle-bashing’ as they called it, with the object of contacting terrorists. < as lemmas |
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