| 单词 | open city |
| 释义 | > as lemmasopen city open city n. an undefended city; spec. a city declared to be unfortified and undefended and so, by international law, exempt from enemy attack. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > open town or city open town1720 open citya1832 a1832 S. E. Brydges Moral Axioms (1837) i. 39 To his own passions who a victim falls, Is like an open city without walls. 1914 Duchess of Sutherland Six Weeks at War p. xii Unfortunately Namur is not an open city so she suffered for a short time from horrors worse than ‘moral effect’. 1990 W. P. Roe Glimpses of Chiwick's Place in Hist. (BNC) 88 On 4th June 1944, the Allied forces in Italy managed to reach Rome—which had been declared an ‘open city’ (i.e. not to be damaged or destroyed by the conflicting forces). < as lemmas |
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