| 单词 | truce-breaker |
| 释义 | truce /troos/noun
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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