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单词 asparagus-bed
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asparagus-bed
asparagus-bed n. slang also transferred (sometimes elliptical), an anti-tank obstacle.
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1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming xxxv. 257 I remember..the Case of an Asparagus Bed.
1762 K. Fitzgerald in Philos. Trans. 1761 (Royal Soc.) 52 73 Apple-trees, planted in asparagus beds.
1939 War Illustr. 16 Dec. 426 Anti-tank ‘asparagus’, which consists of railway lines set in concrete at an angle of 45 degrees pointing towards the enemy lines and in some cases with high-explosive caps.
1943 J. L. Hunt & A. G. Pringle Service Slang 12 Asparagus bed, a form of anti-tank obstacle, designed to slow up the A[rmoured] F[ighting] V[ehicle] while it comes under fire.
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