| 单词 | beachhead |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbeachhead beachhead n. (also beach-head) [illogically formed after bridge-head] Military a fortified position of troops landed on a beach; also transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > strong point or fortified position bridgehead1760 point d'appui1787 strong point1789 high ground1869 beachhead1940 box1942 airhead1943 1940 in Amer. Speech (1942) 17 122/1 The second theory [of the Germans], to harass communications and airports and beachheads so effectively that landings could be undertaken. 1941 Time 25 Aug. 22/2 Marines..trained in the terrible job of establishing a beach-head. 1944 Times 24 Jan. 4/3 A substantial beachhead was seized. This beachhead has been widened and deepened. 1949 A. Koestler Promise & Fulfilm. xvi. 176 This commonwealth of immigrants would have become a beachhead of European tradition and democracy in the Levant. 1965 C. Walsh in J. Gibb Light on C.S. Lewis 110 The Screwtape Letters established Lewis's beachhead in America. < as lemmas |
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