| 单词 | phoney war |
| 释义 | > as lemmasphoney war phoney war n. the period of comparative inaction at the beginning of the Second World War between the German invasion of Poland (September 1939) and that of Norway (April 1940); (also) any confrontation involving similar inaction; cf. sitzkrieg n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > cold war political warfare1765 propaganda war1838 white war1931 phoney war1939 sitzkrieg1940 cold war1945 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > semblance, outward show > [noun] > instance of showa1500 making-upa1525 shine?1529 face1542 varnish1565 copy of one's countenance1579 false1598 mock-beggar1603 mockerya1616 umbrage1634 simulacrum1833 phoney war1939 1939 Nation (N.Y.) 30 Sept. 336/2 Senator Borah talks about a ‘phony’ war and contemplates with democratic disgust the intrenched power of the British Empire. 1940 Manch. Guardian Weekly 12 July 25 During the eight months of the ‘phoney’ war everything seemed to be running smoothly between Great Britain and France. 1947 Partisan Rev. 14 347 Within each state the necessary psychological atmosphere would be kept up by complete severance from the outer world, and by a continuous phony war against rival states. 1964 New Statesman 4 Sept. 301/2 The electoral phoney war is almost over. 1972 Daily Tel. 29 Mar. 2/6 A curious ‘phoney war’ atmosphere has pervaded Ulster during the past few days. 1992 S. Holloway Courage High! xix. 166/1 This was the period of the ‘phoney war’ or as some firemen dubbed it ‘the Sitzkrieg’ as they waited for the attack on London which must surely come. < as lemmas |
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