单词 | surface shelter |
释义 | > as lemmassurface shelter surface shelter n. an air-raid shelter or similar structure constructed wholly or mostly at ground level, as opposed to underground.Frequently with reference to shelters built for the protection of civilians from bombing raids during the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > shelter or screen > [noun] > air-raid shelter police box1855 air raid shelter1917 shelter1918 surface shelter1922 Anderson shelter1939 dugout1940 Morrison shelter1941 tube shelter1942 1922 P. S. Bond Field Engin. 121 A surface shelter is one built wholly or almost wholly above ground level. 1940 New Statesman 19 Oct. 375 He is getting worried about his wife and children in their surface shelters. 2010 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 3 July 26 Bryan would spend more than the odd night huddled in a surface shelter in Wellington Square. < as lemmas |
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