释义 |
bush-fighting, vbl. n.|ˈbʊʃˌfaɪtɪŋ| Guerilla-warfare in the bush. Also fig.
1760in Wesley Jrnl. 22 Nov. (1827) III. 26 You may keep up..a little bush-fighting in controversy; you may skirmish awhile. 1795Burke Regic. Peace iv, Pray let us leave this bush-fighting. 1830Fraser's Mag. I. 189 Accustomed to bush-fighting in his own country. 1837W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1849) 76 The very Indian allies, though accustomed to bush-fighting, regarded it as..full of frightful danger. |