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单词 the smell of powder
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the smell (also †stink) of powder
d. the smell (also †stink) of powder: (used metonymously for) actual experience of battle.
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society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > action in war
stroke of battle1525
action1579
the smell (also stink) of powder1786
baptism of fire1857
1786 R. Burns Poems 37 Their gun's a burden on their shouther; They downa bide the stink o' powther.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. i. x. 81 A novice, not yet accustomed to the smell of powder.
1901 F. Norris Octopus ii. v. 479 Roaring, clamoring, reeking with the smell of powder and hot oil, spitting death.
2003 BBC Monitoring Internat. Rep. (Nexis) 3 Dec. Now, it [sc. Baghdad] is synonymous with world terrorism, the West's wrong policy, and the smell of powder, blood and death.
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