单词 | iron curtain |
释义 | iron curtain 1. (sometimes caps.) a barrier to understanding and the exchange of information and ideas created by ideological, political, and military hostility of one country toward another, esp. such a barrier between the Soviet Union and its allies and other countries. 2. an impenetrable barrier to communication or information, esp. as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy. [used by Winston Churchill in 1946 to describe the line of demarcation between Western Europe and the Soviet zone of influence] |
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