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单词 truce
释义

truce /troos/

noun
  1. A suspension of hostilities
  2. A respite
ORIGIN: ME trewes, treowes, pl of trewe, from OE trēow truth, pledge, treaty; cf true

truceˈless adjective

trucial /trooˈshl, -syəl, -shi-əl/ adjective

Bound by a truce

truceˈ-breaker noun

Truce of God noun

A cessation of war, decreed by the Church, more or less observed, esp in the 11c and 12c, in France, Italy, England, etc, from Saturday (afterwards from Wednesday) evening to Monday morning, also during Advent and Lent and on certain holy days

Trucial States plural noun

Former name (until 1971) for the United Arab Emirates on the S coast of the Persian Gulf, so called from being in treaty with Britain

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