| 单词 | second front |
| 释义 | > as lemmassecond front second front n. in the war of 1939–45, a front in Nazi-occupied Europe in addition to the Russian sector of fighting; also figurative and attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line edge1535 front1665 firing line1859 Eastern Front1914 Western Front1914 line1916 second front1941 warfront1950 1941 W. S. Churchill Let. 4 Sept. in Second World War (1950) III. xxv. 407 There is no chance..of a second front being formed in the Balkans without the help of Turkey. 1942 New Statesman 3 Jan. 3/2 The key to victory is to open..that ‘second front in continental Europe’ for which Stalin has publicly called. 1944 M. Laski Love on Supertax ii. 24 He said he'd..make sure there were enough helpers handing out the Second Front leaflets. 1946 Life 11 Mar. 63/1 The Russians facetiously called Spam ‘the second front’. 1961 E. Waugh Unconditional Surrender i. i. 21 A scarred brick wall, on which..a zealous, arthritic communist had emblazoned the words, Second Front Now. 1963 A. Howard in M. Sissons & P. French Age of Austerity 30 The conservatives were waging what turned out to be a decisive second front. < as lemmas |
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