英语词汇“ring of iron”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

ring of iron n. [in sense (b) after Spanish cinturón de hierro (1936 in this spec. use)] (a) (figurative and in figurative contexts) an encirclement or confinement viewed as being unrelenting or impenetrable (cf. iron n.¹ 1b); (b) (also iron ring; also with capital initials) a defensive cordon surrounding Bilbao, created by the Basque army during the Spanish Civil War (1936–9) and comprising concentric rings of tunnels, fortified trenches, etc.

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1898 R. Barr Tekla xl. 403 (heading) The archbishops environed in a ring of iron.

1905 G. K. Chesterton Club of Queer Trades 105 As for Miss Mowbray, she—he held me in a ring of iron.

1937 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 7 May 1/3 The northern Spanish insurgent army smashed against Bilbao's last line of defense, the iron ring of trenches defended by thirty thousand troops.

1961 H. Thomas Spanish Civil War xliv. 401 Captain Goicochea, a Basque officer, who had taken part in the building of Bilbao's defences, the so-called ‘ring of iron’.

1990 D. C. Large Between Two Fires (1991) 374 The Spanish Nationalists and their Fascist allies' superiority in firepower slowly pushed the Basques back into their ‘Ring of Iron’ around Bilbao.

2002 J. Hazel Who's who in Rom. World (ed. 2) 132/2 His tactics were superior, rolling up and surrounding the Romans in a ring of iron.

单词	ring of iron
释义	> as lemmas ring of iron ring of iron n. [in sense (b) after Spanish cinturón de hierro (1936 in this spec. use)] (a) (figurative and in figurative contexts) an encirclement or confinement viewed as being unrelenting or impenetrable (cf. iron n.¹ 1b); (b) (also iron ring; also with capital initials) a defensive cordon surrounding Bilbao, created by the Basque army during the Spanish Civil War (1936–9) and comprising concentric rings of tunnels, fortified trenches, etc. ΚΠ 1898 R. Barr Tekla xl. 403 (heading) The archbishops environed in a ring of iron. 1905 G. K. Chesterton Club of Queer Trades 105 As for Miss Mowbray, she—he held me in a ring of iron. 1937 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 7 May 1/3 The northern Spanish insurgent army smashed against Bilbao's last line of defense, the iron ring of trenches defended by thirty thousand troops. 1961 H. Thomas Spanish Civil War xliv. 401 Captain Goicochea, a Basque officer, who had taken part in the building of Bilbao's defences, the so-called ‘ring of iron’. 1990 D. C. Large Between Two Fires (1991) 374 The Spanish Nationalists and their Fascist allies' superiority in firepower slowly pushed the Basques back into their ‘Ring of Iron’ around Bilbao. 2002 J. Hazel Who's who in Rom. World (ed. 2) 132/2 His tactics were superior, rolling up and surrounding the Romans in a ring of iron. extracted from ringn.¹ < as lemmas
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