| 单词 | to scorch the earth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scorch the earth f. transitive. Esp. in to scorch the earth, to subject (an area) to a scorched earth policy (see scorched adj.1 1b). Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > other operations soften1940 to scorch the earth1941 1941 H. G. Wells You can't be too Careful v. ii. 245 The Russians, falling back slowly upon their main line of defence, ‘scorching the earth’ before this last convulsive thrust of the Nazi. 1943 Ann. Reg. 1942 i. 193 Enormous quantities of petrol, which could not be made available until the Russian oil wells, also ‘scorched’, produced again. 1944 Return to Attack (Army Board, N.Z.) 9/2 There were neither women nor children, neither villages nor farms to be destroyed. Long ago nature had scorched the earth. 1945 Yorks. Post 19 Apr. 1/1 The Germans are scorching towns in the way of the great armoured thrusts now threatening Hamburg. < as lemmas |
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