单词 | machine-gun nest |
释义 | > as lemmasmachine-gun nest machine-gun nest n. a concealed post or protected emplacement in which one or more machine guns are set up. ΚΠ 1916 Washington Post 18 July 1/1 (heading) Clear machine gun nests. 1917 N.Y. Times 30 Aug. 1/5 Every house in the village, even those in ruins, had been turned into a machine gun nest. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 3/3 They put their machine-gun nests on roofs and in the rooms and gardens of private houses. 2003 Independent 20 Aug. 2/4 The machine-gun nest on the roof of the UN building might have suggested that even the international body was militarising itself. < as lemmas |
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