单词 | gas war |
释义 | > as lemmasgas war gas war n. (a) fierce or aggressive competition between gas companies; a war or conflict concerning the manufacture or supply of gas; (b) a war in which poisonous gas is used as a weapon. ΚΠ 1834 Liverpool Mercury 21 Feb. 64/4 The splendid specimen of paving..is inevitably doomed in a few months, after the breaking out of this Gas War to be in a like break-neck condition. 1918 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 273/1 Of the offensive side of this gas-war it is obvious that little can properly be made public. 1996 M. Perutz in N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 June 34 Haber's part in the gas war certainly influenced Clara's suicide. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 13 Feb. a13/5 Russia's aggression against Georgia last August and its gas war with Ukraine this January have made the crisis only worse for the Russian people. < as lemmas |
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