| 单词 | pincers movement |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspincers movement C2. Military. Designating an operation involving the convergence of two forces from opposite directions on an enemy position; chiefly in pincer movement (also pincers movement). Also gen.: designating any operation involving pressure from two different sides or forces. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > other manoeuvres limaçon1581 extraduction1635 decursiona1657 feint1683 debouchment1827 pincer1917 leap-frog1918 pincer movement1918 link-up1945 society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [adjective] > other manoeuvres Parthian1581 advanced?1611 turning1877 pincer1918 1918 Times 26 Aug. 7/3 (headline) Great days. The pincer process. Contrast with 1916. 1939 W. H. Auden & C. Isherwood Journey to War ix. 225 The Japs were to be..destroyed by the time-honoured pincer-movement. 1944 S. Putnam tr. E. da Cunha Rebellion in Backlands x. 458 As may be seen, it was a vigorous pincers movement which was thus planned. 1968 Times 8 Oct. 7/7 Hardened layers of sediment which accumulated on the bottom of the Tethys Sea and were later thrust up to the surface by the pincer movement of the two continental masses. 1997 D. Hansen Sole Survivor xiv. 161 If the two patrol boats were swapping places, the Shoto Maru ran the risk of being caught in a pincer movement. < as lemmas |
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