| 单词 | the heavies |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe heavies b. the heavies, the heavy artillery. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > artillery artillery1598 ordnance1665 RA1815 the heavies1908 1908 Daily Chron. 6 Aug. 6/4 The excellent firing of the 4·7 guns by the First and Seconds (or, as they are more familiarly called, ‘the Heavies’). 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 113 The Heavies as well as the Field guns were to bombard. 1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 57 Soon the field artillery and the ‘heavies’ woke up again. the heavies d. the heavies, the serious newspapers, journals, etc. (see sense A. 20b). ΘΚΠ society > communication > journalism > journal > newspaper > [noun] > serious or quality the heavies1950 text paper1961 quality1970 1950 C. Woodham-Smith Florence Nightingale 310 In 1857 great influence was exercised by ‘the heavies’—the quarterlies and the reviews. 1962 Guardian 5 Dec. 7/4 I was reading the Sunday papers... I picked up one of the two Heavies. 1962 ‘O. Mills’ Headlines make Murder viii. 89 All three ‘heavies’, The Times, Telegraph and..Guardian. 1971 Author 82 101 The popular press, thrown off balance and uncertain of its role, lost out to the heavies and the provincials. < as lemmas |
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