英语词汇“thin red line”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. (the) thin red line [in allusion to the red coats formerly worn as part of the soldiers' uniform (see redcoat n. 1a)] : the British army or a section of this, often with the implication of bravery or sturdy resistance against heavy odds (now chiefly historical). Frequently in extended use; occasionally without thin.The expression arose with reference to British action in the Crimean War (1853–6).

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > British army

(the) thin red line1855

1829 W. Maginn Tales Mil. Life II. 175 The long red line of Britons is fully before the sight, like a giant stream of blood on the ripe and mellow bosom of the earth.]

1855 Times 24 Jan. 6/2 The services of that ‘thin red line’ which had met and routed the Russian cavalry.

1855 F. Duberly Let. 8 June in E. E. P. Tisdall Mrs. Duberly's Campaigns (1963) v. 147 They advance, supported by the impenetrable red line, our infantry.

1877 W. H. Russell Brit. Exped. Crimea iii. ii. 156 The Russians..dashed on towards that thin red line tipped with steel.

1935 ‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter iv. 226 Napoleon Buonaparte..soon found that in the ‘thin red line’ he had more than met his match.

1969 Time 31 Oct. 53 England's thin red line of intellectual royalists is being overrun by ‘progressive’ reformers who deliberately sabotage old-fashioned academic virtues.

1971 Guardian 24 Feb. 10/1 Trade unionists..are beginning to give physical support to the Union of Post Office Workers as their ‘thin red line’.

1996 Holiday Which? Jan. 58/2 Among the fascinating flotsam of soldiers' lives you'll find..pipes played by the thin red line at Balaclava during the Crimean War.

2008 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 10 Feb. 1 a Much could depend on the strength of a thin red line in the state House of Representatives—the outnumbered band of 48 Republicans.

单词	thin red line
释义	> as lemmas (the) thin red line 2. (the) thin red line [in allusion to the red coats formerly worn as part of the soldiers' uniform (see redcoat n. 1a)] : the British army or a section of this, often with the implication of bravery or sturdy resistance against heavy odds (now chiefly historical). Frequently in extended use; occasionally without thin.The expression arose with reference to British action in the Crimean War (1853–6). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > British army (the) thin red line1855 1829 W. Maginn Tales Mil. Life II. 175 The long red line of Britons is fully before the sight, like a giant stream of blood on the ripe and mellow bosom of the earth.] 1855 Times 24 Jan. 6/2 The services of that ‘thin red line’ which had met and routed the Russian cavalry. 1855 F. Duberly Let. 8 June in E. E. P. Tisdall Mrs. Duberly's Campaigns (1963) v. 147 They advance, supported by the impenetrable red line, our infantry. 1877 W. H. Russell Brit. Exped. Crimea iii. ii. 156 The Russians..dashed on towards that thin red line tipped with steel. 1935 ‘G. Orwell’ Clergyman's Daughter iv. 226 Napoleon Buonaparte..soon found that in the ‘thin red line’ he had more than met his match. 1969 Time 31 Oct. 53 England's thin red line of intellectual royalists is being overrun by ‘progressive’ reformers who deliberately sabotage old-fashioned academic virtues. 1971 Guardian 24 Feb. 10/1 Trade unionists..are beginning to give physical support to the Union of Post Office Workers as their ‘thin red line’. 1996 Holiday Which? Jan. 58/2 Among the fascinating flotsam of soldiers' lives you'll find..pipes played by the thin red line at Balaclava during the Crimean War. 2008 Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota) (Nexis) 10 Feb. 1 a Much could depend on the strength of a thin red line in the state House of Representatives—the outnumbered band of 48 Republicans. extracted from red linen. < as lemmas
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