单词 | war-cloud |
释义 | > as lemmaswar-cloud war-cloud n. a cloud of dust and smoke rising from a battle-field (cf. πολέμοιο νέϕος Iliad xvii. 243); figurative something that threatens war. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > battlefield > [noun] > front or front line > mist or dust of battlefield war-cloud1823 1823 F. D. Hemans Last Constantine lxxxv, in Siege of Valencia 45 War-clouds have wrapt the city! 1908 C. W. Wallace Children of Chapel 172 Absence of reference in these two plays is negative proof that the personal war-cloud had passed, by 1602. < as lemmas |
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