| 单词 | slit-trench |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslit-trench slit-trench n. a narrow trench made to accommodate and protect a soldier or weapon in battle. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > types of trench transverse1704 front trench1847 communicating trench1857 shelter-trench1870 firing bay1885 communication trench1903 fire trench1907 funk-hole1914 support trench1914 foxhole1915 fire bay1916 slit-trench1942 1942 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 18 Mar.–9 June 130 Slit trenches used for protection by troops were called ‘fox-holes’ by American soldiers fighting against the Japanese on Bataan peninsula. 1944 Times 12 May 3/2 At Manus Island the prisoners were made to dig slit trenches for the Japanese. 1971 B. W. Aldiss Soldier Erect 162 My slit-trench is the first on the right, next to the cookhouse. Cheerio, Ali, you old robber! < as lemmas |
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