trench warfaren.

Brit.

/ˈtrɛn(t)ʃ ˌwɔːfɛː/, U.S.

/ˌtrɛn(t)ʃ ˈwɔrfɛ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trench n., warfare n.

Etymology: < trench n. + warfare n.

1. A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. Cf. trench war n. at trench n. Compounds 2.Chiefly associated with the First World War (1914–18).

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other types of war

just war1485

private war1548

preventive wara1626

angelomachy1635

Titanomachy1739

mountain warfarec1800

border-war1809

world war1848

theomachy1858

trench warfare1887

electronic warfare1946

asymmetric conflict1975

cyberwar1992

asymmetrical warfare1995

1887 Cent. Mag. Sept. 784/2 At home in the North, away from the bustle of trench warfare.

1914 Economist 7 Nov. 826/2 The lists do not include the casualties of the battle of the Marne, since when the losses of an army which has continually made violent attacks in trench warfare must have been very heavy.

1915 Times 16 Sept. 7/1 This static trench warfare has largely curtailed the activities of the old type of sniper.

1918 F. M. Ford Let. 6 Jan. (1965) 86 I could do a very good one [sc. novel] about trench warfare.

1978 F. Maclean Take Nine Spies iv. 125 He had fought at Dixemude..before settling down later that winter [in 1914] to the horrors of trench warfare.

2004 J. Wilcockson 23 Days in July (2005) v. 101 Cemeteries filled with the graves of thousands of British, Canadian, Australian, South African, and German troops killed in the dark days of trench warfare.

2. figurative. A protracted dispute or prolonged state of discord characterized by stubborn adherence to established positions, opinions, etc., and persistent sniping between opponents.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter

feudc1425

defeud1648

trench warfare1915

feuding1938

1915 Times 6 Dec. 9/2 The means to the end are described with Teutonic imaginativeness as ‘trench warfare’. The trenches—Germans will mix their metaphors—are to be two tariff walls.

1917 E. H. Ashworth tr. C. Gide Commerc. Policy after War 26 For what is proposed in the way of war? It is to reopen trench warfare on the commercial domain.

1973 Times 7 Dec. 18/3 In industry we have had continuing trench warfare deriving from low pay, and authoritarian and remote management.

1980 R. Barnard Death in Cold Climate vii. 69 Sterile trench-warfare with colleagues over matters of principle.

2013 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 20 Sept. 28 I even endured the trench warfare which is Salford council planning committee meetings.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	trench warfare
释义	trench warfaren. Brit. /ˈtrɛn(t)ʃ ˌwɔːfɛː/, U.S. /ˌtrɛn(t)ʃ ˈwɔrfɛ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: trench n., warfare n. Etymology: < trench n. + warfare n. 1. A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. Cf. trench war n. at trench n. Compounds 2.Chiefly associated with the First World War (1914–18). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other types of war just war1485 private war1548 preventive wara1626 angelomachy1635 Titanomachy1739 mountain warfarec1800 border-war1809 world war1848 theomachy1858 trench warfare1887 electronic warfare1946 asymmetric conflict1975 cyberwar1992 asymmetrical warfare1995 1887 Cent. Mag. Sept. 784/2 At home in the North, away from the bustle of trench warfare. 1914 Economist 7 Nov. 826/2 The lists do not include the casualties of the battle of the Marne, since when the losses of an army which has continually made violent attacks in trench warfare must have been very heavy. 1915 Times 16 Sept. 7/1 This static trench warfare has largely curtailed the activities of the old type of sniper. 1918 F. M. Ford Let. 6 Jan. (1965) 86 I could do a very good one [sc. novel] about trench warfare. 1978 F. Maclean Take Nine Spies iv. 125 He had fought at Dixemude..before settling down later that winter [in 1914] to the horrors of trench warfare. 2004 J. Wilcockson 23 Days in July (2005) v. 101 Cemeteries filled with the graves of thousands of British, Canadian, Australian, South African, and German troops killed in the dark days of trench warfare. 2. figurative. A protracted dispute or prolonged state of discord characterized by stubborn adherence to established positions, opinions, etc., and persistent sniping between opponents. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > [noun] > prolonged or bitter feudc1425 defeud1648 trench warfare1915 feuding1938 1915 Times 6 Dec. 9/2 The means to the end are described with Teutonic imaginativeness as ‘trench warfare’. The trenches—Germans will mix their metaphors—are to be two tariff walls. 1917 E. H. Ashworth tr. C. Gide Commerc. Policy after War 26 For what is proposed in the way of war? It is to reopen trench warfare on the commercial domain. 1973 Times 7 Dec. 18/3 In industry we have had continuing trench warfare deriving from low pay, and authoritarian and remote management. 1980 R. Barnard Death in Cold Climate vii. 69 Sterile trench-warfare with colleagues over matters of principle. 2013 Manch. Evening News (Nexis) 20 Sept. 28 I even endured the trench warfare which is Salford council planning committee meetings. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1887
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