单词 | safe area |
释义 | > as lemmassafe area safe area n. now historical (esp. during the Second World War (1939–45)) an area not liable to be attacked, bombed, or invaded. ΚΠ 1934 C. R. M. F. Cruttwell Hist. Great War xxviii. 467 Tired or inferior divisions could no longer be sent to a ‘safe’ area with any comfortable certainty that ample time would be available for their relief before an attack could be mounted. 1944 Ourselves in Wartime 175 The air-blitz..stimulated evacuation afresh... Many thousands of children were removed to safe areas, and..over 620,000 children were settled in reception areas. 2001 Jrnl. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 22 Dec. 22 Daughters left to work in factories and farms,..and young children were evacuated to safe areas to avoid bombs. < as lemmas |
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