| 单词 | big show |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbig show big show n. Military slang a major military campaign. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > campaign > major big show1915 1915 Manch. Guardian 31 May 6/5 It was the time of the big show at Ypres in October, when the Prussian Guards almost broke through our lines. 1944 V. G. Garvin tr. R. Gary Forest of Anger xxvi. 110 The convoy was strongly guarded... Scenting ‘a big show’, the three Zborowski brothers spent their nights prowling round the lorries. 2011 K. Barker Taliban Shuffle i. 6 I felt I was somehow missing out by not being in Iraq... I figured Afghanistan was more of a sideshow than the big show. < as lemmas |
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