| 单词 | trench light |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrench light trench light n. Military (now historical) (in the First World War (1914–18)) a kind of flare used to illuminate enemy trenches during night fighting; cf. star shell n. 1. ΚΠ 1915 Times of India 3 July 11/3 ‘Very Lights’ are the calcium trench lights which are thrown into the sky in night trench fighting. 1917 H. Conover Diary 13 July in Diary WWI Pilot (2004) ii. 96 Star shells and trench lights shot about & the whole crowd sang. 1918 G. Frankau Judgement of Valhalla 18 Downwards, and on, where trench-lights shone—For we, we might not rest. 1991 M. Gilbert Churchill xvii. 365 He also appealed for..trench lights that would be at least as good as those used by the Germans. < as lemmas |
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