单词 | pincers movement |
释义 | pincers movement in American English a military maneuver in which simultaneous flank movements are used to converge upon an enemy force or stronghold and cut it off from support and supplies pincers movement in American Englishnoun a military maneuver in which both flanks of an enemy force are attacked with the aim of attaining complete encirclement Also: pincer movement Word origin [1935–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, Rhodesian ridgeback, complementation, gangbuster, walk-through |
随便看 |
英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。