| 单词 | wire entanglement |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswire entanglement wire entanglement n. Military a defence formed of (barbed) wire stretched over the ground in order to impede the advance of an enemy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > barbed wire wire entanglement1871 barbed wire1900 wire1915 concertina1917 apron1918 dannert wire1945 1871 Times 16 Feb. 12/2 Barricades on roads, ‘abatis’, ‘wire entanglements’ are not new things any more. 1960 M. E. Lake tr. M. Tsuji Singapore Japanese Version ii. §15. 95 Eventually they reached the wire entanglements. Those with wire-cutters got to work, but they had scarcely commenced when there was a thunderous report and clouds of dust flew up. 1996 Jrnl. Decorative & Propaganda Arts 22 92 (caption) Wire entanglement near Havana. Barbed wire was used extensively by the Spanish in their network of trochas and field fortifications. < as lemmas |
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