英语词汇“widow-maker”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

widow-maker

noun informal

1A dangerous machine or piece of equipment.Here come the widow-makers, goes the cry as our tanks advance.

1.1North American A dead branch caught precariously high in a tree which may fall on a person below.Branches over a trail that are broken and being suspended by other branches - called ‘widow-makers’ by woods-workers - are the most common of these....

In favor of grazing cattle and the occasional hunting camp, the government had dashed our hopes like a falling widow-maker.

单词	widow-maker
释义	widow-maker noun informal 1A dangerous machine or piece of equipment.Here come the widow-makers, goes the cry as our tanks advance. 1.1North American A dead branch caught precariously high in a tree which may fall on a person below.Branches over a trail that are broken and being suspended by other branches - called ‘widow-makers’ by woods-workers - are the most common of these.... In favor of grazing cattle and the occasional hunting camp, the government had dashed our hopes like a falling widow-maker.
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