| 单词 | armed camp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasarmed camp armed camp n. a body or encampment of armed troops; (more generally) a site, territory, or group of people that is armed and ready for war or violent conflict.In quot. 1597 in extended use with reference to the pieces on a chessboard. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > [noun] > territory ready for war armed camp1597 1597 G. B. tr. M. H. Vida Scacchia Ludus in tr. Damiano da Odemira Ludus Scacchiæ: Chesse-play 13 For on that side the armed campe [L. conserta phalanx], on this, the Queene did stand, All armed like an Amazon, and slew him with her hand. 1660 A. Cooper Στρατολογια ii. 33 What Fields with Grain, Mountains with Flocks, that were Flourish'd of late; now terrible appear With armed Camps. 1808 J. B. Caldwell Oration 6 America..was suddenly compelled to turn her attention from war to peace, from the armed camp to the labors of the cabinet. 1861 M. B. Chesnut Diary from Dixie 15 Aug. (1949) 111 This appalling picture of New York as an armed camp. 1935 Boys' Life May 13/2 The entire earth became an armed camp, preparing for what was certain to be the greatest war in all history. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 18 Oct. 36 The US's poorest neighbourhoods are armed camps teeming with cops and high-powered weaponry. < as lemmas |
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