单词 | tomb of the unknown warrior |
释义 | > as lemmastomb of the Unknown Warrior Unknown Warrior n. (also with lower-case initials) (with the) = Unknown Soldier n.; also in tomb of the Unknown Warrior.Chiefly with reference to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey (see note at Unknown Soldier n.). See also warrior n. 2a. ΚΠ 1920 Times 29 Oct. 13/4 (heading) The unknown warrior. 1920 Manch. Guardian 9 Nov. 9/5 The unknown warrior will be brought to the Admiralty Pier, Dover, to-morrow afternoon, and will be received by a military party which will escort the body to London. 1920 Times 12 Nov. Suppl. p.iii/3 Both nations..offer their silent tribute at the tomb of the Unknown Warrior. 1939 C. Madge & T. Harrisson Brit. by Mass Observ. (2009) ii. 81 At Westminster Abbey, a distance of some fifteen yards east of the tomb of the Unknown Warrior has been roped off and flanked with kneeling chairs. 1980 I. Murdoch Nuns & Soldiers i. 42 The soldiers at the Unknown Warrior's grave in Warsaw. 2008 Church Times 7 Nov. 13/2 The absence of a figure on the Cenotaph could signify resurrection or agnosticism. It was complemented by the burial of the Unknown Warrior in the Abbey. < as lemmas |
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