| 单词 | blockade running |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblockade running blockade running n. the action or practice of attempting to pass through a blockade or blockades; an instance of this; cf. run v. 23b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > operations or manoeuvres > [noun] > blockade running blockade running1847 blockade run1863 1847 Morning Chron. 12 Nov. 3/3 Merchants who all their lives have been accustomed to an open trade under the British flag, do not at once become reconciled to, or handy at, a blockade running. 1921 S. E. Forman Adv. Amer. Hist. xxxix. 472 A chief commercial activity in the South during the war consisted in blockade-running. 2010 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 29 June c7 The..reason for the flotilla's blockade running was not to bring humanitarian supplies. < as lemmas |
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