| 单词 | field battle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield battle field battle n. a pitched battle; (formerly occasionally) spec. †a battle staged as a spectacle, a mock battle (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > a public show or spectacle > type of show or spectacle > [noun] > sham battles field battle1572 naumachia1596 naumachy1606 1572 J. Sadler tr. Vegetius Foure Bks. Martiall Policye iv. xlv. f. 65v Your Gallyes muste be placed in araye not straighte as souldiours be in a fielde battell, but bowinge in, after the similitude of ye halfe moone. 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 255 On Wensday next will be..a feild battle. 1801 J. Gordon Hist. Rebellion Irel. 97 The defence of this post, instead of a field-battle with the rebels, was now the object of the garrison. 2000 H. Afflerbach in R. Chickering & S. Förster Great War, Total War vi. 114 Verdun..was the longest field battle in history. < as lemmas |
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