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单词 on the march
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(up)on the march
b. column of march n. = column of route at route n.1 Phrases 1. line of march n. direction or route of marching; (in extended use) course of travelling, way. in march, (up)on the march and variants: marching; (in extended use) advancing, progressing (cf. sense 2).
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1639 Articles Mil. Discipl. 11 Every man is to keep his own rank and file upon the march.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 413 When he entic'd Israel in Sittim on their march from Nile. View more context for this quotation
1707 London Gaz. No. 4353/1 The Duke of Savoy's Army are in a full March for this Place.
1738 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) I. 241 They attacked the Carthaginians who were upon their march.
1780 A. Hamilton Let. 25 June in Papers (1961) II. 345 All the army is in march toward you.
1781 T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 12 The routes must be so formed, that no column cross another on the march.
1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 5 737 Lying in a diagonal direction across the line of march.
1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 296 The Persian army was in full march for Athens.
1846 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 II. vi. 236 Detachments of the 65th regiment,..on their march to join the 4th division.
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 414 Whether in actual battle or on a march.
1876 G. E. Voyle Mil. Dict. (ed. 3) Column of March, a formation assumed by troops on the line of march.
1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by Eyewitness 126 A Boer searchlight..which roved like an angry eye from end to end of our line of march.
1914 Infantry Training 73 When a column is on the march, platoons may, if desired, advance in fours in succession.
1931 Skipper 25 Apr. 112 A detachment of the Camel Corps on the march outside Cairo.
1990 Sciences Mar. 15 Local accounts,..aerial photographs and voluminous questionnaires all appear to suggest that deserts are on the march.
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