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单词 war-worn
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war-wornadj.

Brit. /ˈwɔːwɔːn/, U.S. /ˈwɔrˌwɔrn/
Wasted, ravaged, or battered by war; worn by the toils or privations of war.
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society > armed hostility > war > [adjective] > damaged by war
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war-damaged1946
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [adjective] > by loss of material or wasted > worn > by war
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iv. 0. 26 Their gesture sad, Inuesting lanke-leane Cheekes, and Warre-worne Coats. View more context for this quotation
1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad vii. 190 But with a mind unmov'd, I'll meet my doom; Nor stain this war-worn visage with a tear.
1792 R. Cumberland Calvary (1803) II. 120 War-worn Sisera.
1825 W. Scott Betrothed xvi, in Tales Crusaders I. 317 His war-worn shamoy doublet.
1826 H. Smith Tor Hill I. 33 Through this war-worn region did Sir Giles Hungerford and his party of horsemen press eagerly forward.
1849 W. Irving Mahomet (1850) II. xvi. 142 Khaled entered with his hundred war-worn veterans.
1868 M. E. Grant Duff Polit. Surv. 30 The warworn fortress..had added another volume to its history.
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