请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 heroes' day
释义

> as lemmas

Heroes' Day
Heroes' Day n. a day on which heroes (esp. of a particular battle, struggle, etc.) are recognized and commemorated for their courageous and noble actions; frequently in various countries as a national public holiday.Also in attributive use of the plural form.
ΚΠ
1814 New Monthly Mag. Nov. 344/2 All-Heroes Day, for the celebration of the achievements of the heroes who fell in the great struggle for [German] independence.]
1893 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 13 July 3 Next Sunday will be set aside as ‘Heroes' day’ at the world's fair, and all the proceeds..will be devoted to the relief of those firemen who died while doing their duty.
1918 Commerc. & Financial Chron. 31 Aug. 863/1 I request..that all good citizens do whatever lies in their power to make this Heroes' Day a solemn and impressive tribute to our gallant dead.
1962 L. H. Palmier Indonesia & Dutch 99 The second [stage of the 1957 liberation campaign] was to begin on 10 November, ‘Heroes' Day’, the anniversary of the battle against British troops at Surabaja in 1945.
2010 J. L. Fisher Pioneers, Settlers, Aliens, Exiles iv. 79 The memory of the anti-colonial war as the revolutionary founding event is conveyed and sustained most powerfully in ceremonies held [in Zimbabwe] on Heroes Day.
extracted from heron.
<
as lemmas
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/2/7 12:03:25