| 单词 | rocket-rattling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrocket-rattling rocket-rattling n. and adj. [after sabre-rattling n. at sabre n. Compounds 1b.] colloquial (a) n. the threat of the military use of rockets, esp. nuclear missiles; (b) adj. threatening the military use of rockets, esp. nuclear missiles. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [noun] > warmongering sword-rattling1914 sabre-rattling1922 warmongering1940 rocket-rattling1960 society > armed hostility > war > militarism > [adjective] > warmongering sword-rattling1914 rocket-rattling1960 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [noun] > threatening with weapons or military force sword-rattling1914 sabre-rattling1922 rocket-rattling1960 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adjective] > threatening with weapons or military force sword-rattling1914 sabre-rattling1922 rocket-rattling1960 1960 News Chron. 21 July 4/5 The..retaliation threats, the rocket-rattling over Cuba. 1961 Sunday Express 29 Jan. 1/4 President Kennedy has put a sharp curb on rocket-rattling, anti-Russian speeches. 1969 Guardian 31 Mar. 10/1 Rocket-rattling by any large Power over a weaker neighbour is deplorable. 1991 Toronto Star (Nexis) 5 Apr. a21 b There have been no signs yet that Assad would become another Saddam—blustering, rocket-rattling. 2008 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 July b07 His rocket-rattling makes clear to all concerned, including his own diplomats, that he doesn't need no stinkin' peace conferences. < as lemmas |
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