| 单词 | open war |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopen war d. open war: avowed active hostility. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > active or open war open warc1380 hot war1600 shooting war1941 c1380 J. Wyclif Wks. (1880) 16 Ȝif þei..conseilen men more to taken vengeaunce bi open werre of here breþren þan to suffren paciently wrongys. 1450 Impeachm. Duke of Suffolk in Paston Lett. (1904) II. 121 To leve, reise, and make open werr ayenst you. 1487 in H. E. Malden Cely Papers (1900) 165 Hytt ys open warre betwyxte Gaunte & the Kynge of Romayns. 1609 T. Dekker Worke for Armorours sig. C2 That open warre should presently be proclaimed against that arrogant haughty, ambitious Tyrant Money. 1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. ii. sig. G3/1 Open Warre, Hostilitie. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ii. 41 By what best way, Whether of open Warr or covert guile, We now debate. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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