| 单词 | killing zone |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskilling zone killing zone n. (a) chiefly Military (originally U.S.), a sector of a military engagement with a high concentration of fatalities; an area bombarded with heavy artillery fire, etc.; also transferred and figurative; (b) originally U.S., an area of the human body where entry of a projectile would cause fatal injury, esp. as indicated on a practice target. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > part of body > [noun] > area where entry of projectile would be fatal killing zone1970 kill zone1981 society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line > area with high concentration of fatalities killing zone1970 killing field1980 kill zone1981 1970 W. C. Woods (title) The killing zone. 1974 W. Garner Big enough Wreath i. 7 ‘Five in K5 again...’ K5 was the killing zone. The marksman laid the cards alongside the rest. 1981 Time 9 Nov. 116/2 Harrison scores well on the firing range: his humor usually strikes in the killing zone. 1985 Washington Post 10 Aug. d3/2 In describing a U.S. rocket and bomb attack on the North Vietnamese base camp or rangers caught in the killing zone of a flawlessly executed NVA ambush, Scott puts the reader in the middle of the violence and confusion, the pain, the horror. 1990 Match Fishing Feb.–Mar. 14/2 The bait will get down to the ‘killing zone’ within two to three seconds. < as lemmas |
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