| 单词 | desert storm syndrome |
| 释义 | > as lemmasDesert Storm syndrome Desert Storm syndrome n. [ < the name of Operation Desert Storm, the Allied forces' land campaign in the 1991 Gulf War + syndrome n.] = Gulf War Syndrome n. (b) at gulf n. Additions. ΚΠ 1991 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Apr. d3 ‘What's the point?’ the eyes of the Kurds seem to say. I leave alone, rolling through the mud and rain with my own unsettled thoughts... I call them the Desert Storm Syndrome.] 1991 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 1 Aug. b13 If the gulf war was our chance to throw off the ‘Vietnam War syndrome’, we are left to wonder how we should now regard the ‘Desert Storm syndrome’. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 July 3 A number of veterans who were involved in the ground offensive were now suffering Desert Storm Syndrome, with physical symptoms ranging from weight and hair loss to headaches and skin disorders. 1995 Independent on Sunday 12 Feb. (Review Suppl.) 4/2 In America, Desert Storm syndrome sufferers are so convinced that chemical weapons might have contributed to their illness that they are mounting a $1bn lawsuit against a consortium of chemical companies. < as lemmas |
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