| 单词 | peace day |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeace day peace day n. (a) a day on which peace is achieved (following a war, etc.); (b) (usually with capital initials) a day on which a particular peace treaty or armistice is commemorated, or on which efforts to secure world peace are celebrated. ΚΠ 1859 Times 25 Oct. 10/3 The thousand and one speeches of which the great monarch [sc. Napoleon III] has delivered himself on the same subject since the fatal peace-day of Villafranca. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 3 June 11/1 A fall in Kaffirs is the fact which fell to be recorded in the closing hours of Peace-Day. 1946 R. Capell Simiomata iii. 210 It is peace come before peace-day, reconstruction begun before the armistice. 1979 Summary World Broadcasts Pt. 4: Middle East & Afr. (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 3 Sept. ME/6209/C/1 In a written statement issued on the occasion of 1st September, Peace Day, Ozgur expressed his full support for the struggle being waged in Cyprus and in the world for peace. < as lemmas |
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