| 单词 | bem |
| 释义 | > as lemmasB.E.M. B.E.M. n. British Empire Medal. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > token of victory or supreme excellence > [noun] > award for merit > decoration > medal > specific gold medal1694 Albert medal1850 bronze medal1852 silver medal1908 B.E.M.1941 gold1945 1941 War Illustr. 9 May 476/2 Mr. T. H. Newton, Home Guard, B.E.M., for securing a mine and rendering it safe. B.E.M. B.E.M. n. bug-eyed monster. Π 1949 N.Y. Times 13 Nov. br46/2 Mr. Winton is an expert on..Bug-Eyed Monsters on other planets—known to his readers as B.E.M.'s. 1953 A. Koestler Trail of Dinosaur (1955) ii. 143 Young space cadets, for instance, dislike meeting Bems—for bug-eyed Monsters. 1958 New Scientist 18 Sept. 861/3 ‘Space opera’ and ‘BEM stories’ (Bug-Eyed Monsters). 1960 K. Amis New Maps of Hell ii. 44 In space-opera..Indians turn up in the revised form of what are technically known as bug-eyed monsters, a phrase often abbreviated to BEMs. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。