单词 | world war i |
释义 | > as lemmasWorld War I World War I n. (also World War One, World War No.1) = First World War n. at first adj., adv., and n.2 Compounds 1b(b). Abbreviated WWI. ΚΠ 1939 Time 18 Sept. 10/2 Exports of arms, munitions and related materials in World War I amounted..to only 25% of total exports to the Allies. 1947 Time & Tide 29 Nov. 1269/2 The despair and cynicism that followed what it has now become fashionable to call World War One. 1948 N. Wiener Cybernetics 7 When I came to the Institute after World War No. 1 [etc.]. 1968 Listener 12 Dec. 787/3 When World War Two broke out on 3 September 1939, Monnet remembered his World War One experiences. 1976 P. R. White Planning for Public Transport iv. 72 As early as World War One some minor stations and routes were closed. 2004 J. Emsley Vanity, Vitality, & Virility (2006) iv. 123 Dakin's Solution, consisting of a 0.5% solution of sodium hypochlorite, was used extensively in World War I to disinfect wounds and prevent gangrene. < as lemmas |
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