| 单词 | the golden triangle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe golden triangle (b) the Devil's Triangle: a name given to an area of sea between Bermuda and Florida credited with a high number of unexplained disappearances of boats and aircraft; = Bermuda Triangle n.; hence used allusively; the golden triangle, an area at the meeting-point of Burma (Myanmar), Laos, and Thailand, where much opium is grown. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [noun] the High Levant1497 Far East1852 Farther East1876 Near North1935 the golden triangle1973 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [noun] > vanishing or disappearing > place credited with disappearances black hole1941 Bermuda Triangle1964 the Devil's Triangle1973 1973 Bangkok Post 22 Apr. 1 Both the opium and the morphine base almost certainly originated in the so-called ‘golden triangle’ where the opium poppy grows in abundance. 1975 Collier's Encycl. Year Bk. 1976 161 The Atlantic region known as the Bermuda, or Devil's, Triangle. 1978 Times 23 Jan. 2/6 The increasing importance of South-East Asia's ‘golden triangle’ as a source of narcotics. 1983 Times 12 Feb. 4/8 Drugs from the Golden Triangle were in heavy demand in Europe before 1979. < as lemmas |
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