单词 | street fighting |
释义 | > as lemmasstreet fighting street fighting n. and adj. (a) n. fighting conducted or occurring in the streets, esp. on a large scale for political or revolutionary ends; (b) adj. that fights in the streets. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > [noun] > manner of fighting > street fighting street fighting1811 street warfare1827 1811 Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1809 2 i.567/1 But the blind populace..gave up the advantage of street-fighting, where their numbers and their artillery must have ensured success. 1832 F. Maceroni (title) Defensive instructions..on..street and house fighting. 1900 W. S. Churchill in Morning Post 12 July 7/7 The general being desirous of obtaining the formal surrender of Heilbron, and so preventing street-fighting or bombardment. 1950 R. Sinclair East London 346 Old Nichol Street,..the centre of the street-fighting gangs [in Dickens's time]. 1968 M. Jagger & K. Richard Street Fighting Man (song) in D. Dalton Rolling Stones (1972) 294 In sleepy London town There's just no place for street fighting man. 2000 A. Rashid Taliban (2001) 58 Untrained in street fighting and not knowing the maze of city alleyways, the Taliban were easy victims. < as lemmas |
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