| 单词 | tomb of the unknown soldier |
| 释义 | > as lemmastomb of the Unknown Soldier Unknown Soldier n. (also with lower-case initials) (with the) an unidentified member of a country’s war dead, chosen as a representative of all those killed in military service, and buried with honours in a national memorial; also in tomb of the Unknown Soldier: such a monument.The first of such burials took place on Armistice Day 1920 in Westminster Abbey (see Unknown Warrior n.) and at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. ΚΠ 1920 Times 23 Oct. 11/3 The arrangements for the unveiling of the Cenotaph and the re-interring of the body of the unknown soldier are in the hands of Lord Curzon's Committee. 1920 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 21 Dec. 5/2 Bareheaded, he placed a handsome wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 36 Rupert Brooke, Old Bill, the Unknown Soldier—thus three fond women saw him. 1951 Times 2 Nov. 4/6 They laid another wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington cemetery. 1990 G. L. Mosse Fallen Soldiers v. 96 The Unknown Soldiers of other nations also received their burial place. 2012 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 22 Apr. 16 This is the cemetery where the Unknown Soldier, now interred in the Hall of Memory at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, was originally buried. < as lemmas |
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