| 单词 | battlefield |
| 释义 | battlefield (once / 1100 pages) n A place where fighting happens, especially during a war, can be called a battlefield. If you visit Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, you'll see a famous Civil War battlefield. There are many Civil War battlefields in the southern United States, and New England is the site of several Revolutionary War battlefields. While the physical land where a battle is fought is the most common kind of battlefield, there are also figurative battlefields, like a classroom in which competing ideas are angrily hashed out. The equivalent word in Old English is wælstow, or "slaughter-place." WORD FAMILYbattlefield: battlefields USAGE EXAMPLESCulture Secretary Karen Bradley said it was important to remember the "horrors" of the Ypres battlefields, and honour the memories of the many who died. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) As clashes continued in and around Mosul on Monday, Isis also targeted military positions away from the main battlefield. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) So Battlefield to Boardroom worked on his resume, and five hours later he got a call. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a region where a battle is being (or has been) fought they made a tour of Civil War battlefields Syn|Exp|Hyper battleground, field, field of battle, field of honor Armageddon (New Testament) the scene of the final battle between the kings of the Earth at the end of the world Camlan(Arthurian legend) the battlefield where King Arthur was mortally wounded parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract an extended area of land |
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