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单词 D-Day
释义

D-Day

/ˈdiːdeɪ /
noun
1The day (6 June 1944) in the Second World War on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy.This weekend, the world will remember the courage and sacrifice of the Allied troops at the D-Day landings in France....
  • The raid also had a major influence on the success of the Allied troop landings on the Normandy beaches on D-Day a year later.
  • In the days following the D-Day landings, Allied troops carved a tenuous foothold on the coast of Normandy.
1.1The day on which an important operation is to begin or a change to take effect: Powell embarks on a publicity blitz that promises to be the D-Day of author tours...
  • Inside Out follows residents on their fight with officialdom as the final countdown to D-Day begins.
  • Rehearsals began in October gathering in frequency and intensity as D-Day approaches.
  • Once we got everything we picked a day and that day will go into the history books as our personal D-Day: 29th of June 2003.

Origin

From D for day + day. Compare with H-hour.

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