| 单词 | rallying cry |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrallying cry b. With the sense ‘having the (intended) effect of rallying people’, as rallying cry, rallying word, etc.In some cases the word may be regarded also as the adjective; cf. rallying adj.2 ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to rally > rallying cry alarmc1400 larum1555 rallying cry1793 rallying word1793 gathering-sound1810 gathering-cry1817 society > communication > indication > that which identifies or distinguishes > word or cry > [noun] > watchword or rallying cry wake-word1510 byworda1513 cry1548 mackerel cry1716 watchword1738 view halloo1761 rallying cry1793 rallying word1793 war cry1836 1793 Times 15 Nov. 3/3 In the houses of the rich..the rallying word was Royalty and the English. 1797 tr. Mem. Charette 23 He soon fell; but his name survived, and was long the rallying cry of the Royalists. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake ii. 68 The rapid charge, the rallying shout, Retreat borne headlong into rout. 1815 Times 13 July 2/5 In consequence, his Majesty orders the resumption of the white cockade..as the only rallying sign of Frenchmen. 1820 T. Carlyle in J. Graham Lett. Carlyle to W. Graham (1950) 16 The mirkest hour of night is next the dawn, as you once told me: let this be your rallying word. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 184 Shakspeare,..the noblest, gentlest, yet strongest of rallying-signs. 1879 M. Arnold G. Sand in Mixed Ess. 338 France which has made equality its rallying cry. 1908 Philos. Rev. 17 573 A false idea can be a protection and a rallying sign. 1948 A. M. Klein in R. Brown & D. Bennett Anthol. Canad. Lit. in Eng. (1982) I. 502 A rallying cry among Québécois in their opposition to conscription. 1962 J. Cary Japan Today ii. vi. 77 [He] has made the swastika the rallying sign of his form of ultranationalism. 1995 Past & Present Feb. 70 The use of the mai as a rallying sign has also been documented. 2002 O. Figes Natasha's Dance (2003) i. vii. 68 Here was the rallying cry of a new nationalism that flourished in the era of 1812. < as lemmas |
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