| 单词 | dragon's teeth |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdragon's teeth dragon's teeth n. the teeth of the dragon fabled to have been sown by Cadmus, from which sprang armed men; also the colloquial name given to the cone-shaped anti-tank obstacles used in the war of 1939–45 (see also quot. 1971). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > anti-tank barrier tank trap1917 dragon's teeth1943 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 4 They are as lively, and as vigorously productive, as those fabulous Dragons teeth. 1853 J. B. Marsden Hist. Early Puritans (ed. 2) 290 Jesuits..sowed the dragon's teeth which sprung up into the hydras of rebellion and apostasy. 1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 28 Dragon's teeth, a form of anti-tank obstacle. 1944 Times 28 Nov. 4/2 Extensive minefields, road blocks, dragons' teeth, tank ditches, [etc.]. 1971 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 18 Feb. 671/1 ‘Dragon's teeth’, that is to say, sharp hinged teeth which..protrude from the ground but can be made to sink into it for a car to pass. < as lemmas |
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