| 单词 | barbed wire fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbarbed wire fence 1. A type of wire usually consisting of two or more metal strands twisted together with barbs or short spikes set at intervals, and typically used in agricultural fencing or (esp. in warfare) as an obstruction or defence; also attributive in barbed wire fence, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > wire fence > fencing-wire barbed wire1874 barbwire1874 wire1876 fencing-wire1878 fish-hook wire1892 bob-wire1929 razor ribbon1975 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > barbed wire wire entanglement1871 barbed wire1900 wire1915 concertina1917 apron1918 dannert wire1945 1874 Burlington (Iowa) Weekly Hawk-eye 16 July 1/5 Western patents... Barbed wire fence. 1883 J. Scott Farm Roads 89 With cattle the great advantage of barbed wire is that it keeps them in; with sheep, it keeps their enemies out. 1900 A. Kinnear To Modder River xi. 93 The mere automatic discharging of their guns at the hustling crowd of human deer impaled upon Cronje's wicked barbed wire. 1917 H. Gibson Diplom. Diary 168 Tremendous barbed wire entanglements form a broad barrier. 1942 Fortune Nov. 181/1 In the final lap of the obstacle course, the men crawl on their bellies through a network of trenches, shell holes, barbed wire, and dummy mines to take a nest of machine guns shooting live ammunition a foot or two over their heads. 1981 C. Potok Bk. of Lights ii. v. 129 He gazed out a window and through a thin film of snow saw barbed wire fences and empty fields. 2003 Independent 29 Dec. i. 13/4 If you put people behind barbed wire, keep them caged, take their land despite international resolutions, and bulldoze their homes, you are asking for trouble. < as lemmas |
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