| 单词 | front trench |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfront trench front trench n. Military the trench or trenches forming the front line in trench warfare.Usually with reference to the First World War (1914–18). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > types of trench transverse1704 front trench1847 communicating trench1857 shelter-trench1870 firing bay1885 communication trench1903 fire trench1907 funk-hole1914 support trench1914 foxhole1915 fire bay1916 slit-trench1942 1847 Colburn's United Service Mag. Apr. 603 The fusileers advance into the front trenches, and suddenly darting up,..fire one volley. 1915 D. Haig Diary 9 May in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 122 The assault by the 1st Division was well carried out. Men advanced with great dash and apparently in some places got into the Enemy's front trenches. 1916 ‘B. Cable’ Action Front 143 The stretcher-bearers carried their burden into the front trench. 1944 D. S. Freeman Lee's Lieutenants III. vii. 135 Steuart's men still were holding a section of the front trenches of the enemy. 1995 M. Samuels Command or Control? vi. 162 With the opposing trench lines little more than 100 metres apart, it was not possible to disguise the front trench. < as lemmas |
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